Global shipments of wearable devices are forecast to reach 125.3 million units in 2018, up 8.5% from 2017, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. The growing popularity of smartwatches and greater wearables adoption in emerging markets will combine to produce a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.0% […]
Read MoreGlobal smartphone shipments are expected to decline by 3% in 2018 before returning to low single-digit growth in 2019 and through 2022. While the on-going U.S.-China trade war has the industry on edge, the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker still believes that continued developments from emerging markets, mixed with potential around […]
Read MoreGlobal shipments of wearable devices reached 32.0 million units in the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18), up 21.7% from the previous year. According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, new products from the likes of Fitbit, Garmin, and Huawei helped the basic wearables category return to growth during […]
Read MoreThe MTN Group has announced a partnership with China Mobile, chip-maker Unisoc and feature phone operating system, KaiOS, to bring affordable 3G ‘smart feature phones’ to the African market in the first few months of 2019. MTN Group CEO and President, Rob Shuter, made the announcement at a press briefing at AfricaCom in Cape Town […]
Read MoreInfinix Mobility Nigeria has introduced into the Nigerian device market a new device, Hot 6X smratphone. Announcing the release of the new smartphone in Lagos, South West, Nigeria, Marketing Communications Manager,Infinix Mobility Nigeria, Tayo Odunowo, said that 2018 can arguably be regarded as the most competitive year within the smartphone space with OEMs putting their […]
Read MoreSamsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its much-anticipated foldable phone in San Francisco on Wednesday, urging Android developers to start writing apps for it. The South Korean tech company needs to get the foldable phone right to reverse steep declines in profit for its mobile division and restore some of the cachet its brand has lost […]
Read MoreSmartphone vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million units during the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18), resulting in a year-over-year decline of 6.0%. This was the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines for the global smartphone market, which raises questions about the market’s future. IDC maintains its view that the market will return to growth […]
Read MoreFacebook Inc. wants you to buy its new video chat devices for your home, complete with cameras that track movement. That sounds like a lot to ask for a social-media company mired in privacy scandals. But Facebook has crafted its Portal gadgets, launched Monday, to be as un-creepy as possible. At a recent product demonstration […]
Read MoreThe numbers of smart home flooding the global market is expected to reach about 31% yearly in 2018 to 643.9 million shipments. The entire smart home market, comprised of smart speakers, video entertainment products, connected lighting, smart thermostats, and home monitoring/security products, is forecast to be nearly 1.3 billion devices by 2022 with a five-year […]
Read MoreApple said yesterday it will host an event on 12 September at the Steve Jobs Theatre in the company’s Cupertino, California, campus, where it is widely expected to unveil new iPhone models. Analysts believe Apple plans to release three new smartphones this year, including one with a larger display than previous models. Analysts also expect […]
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