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Global Smartphone Sales Growth Decelerating To 10% This Year; China Still Dominates
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 4:31pm | 443In a press release issued Tuesday, International Data Corporation (IDC) analysts Ryan Reith, Anthony Scarsella and Michael Shirer said worldwide smartphone growth is expected to slow down to 10.4 percent in 2015, down from 27.5 percent in 2014. According to the firm’s Worldwide Quarterly...
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IDC: Worldwide Wearables Forecasted To Hit 45.7M Units Shipped This Year, 126.1M By 2019
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 2:12pm | 527The International Data Corporation (IDC) recently published the "Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker," a report that provides details on vendors, technology, market opportunity and trend analysis in the expanding wearable devices space. According to the most recent issue,...
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Apple's Smartphone Share Poised To Overtake Samsung
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 2:19pm | 270Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) could emerge from 2015 as the world's largest smartphone maker, according to a market research firm. The company's iPhone products closed a persistent gap with Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF) to a near tie in the recent fourth quarter, according to...
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IDC: Apple Facing First Year Of iPad Declines
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 4:06pm | 323Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to see its first full-year decline in shipments for its iPad line of tablets since their 2010 launch, a market research company said Tuesday. But Apple won't be unique in 2014. Tablet sales growth is hitting a wall, slowing to just 7.2 percent in the...