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- 24 Feb 2014
Smartphone Prices On Downward Trend, Emerging Markets Come Into Growth Spotlight
Emerging markets have become the center of attention when talking about present and future smartphone growth. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone…
- 15 Aug 2014
Samsung Leads as Android, iOS Devices Take 96% Global Market
Samsung once again led the charge, accounting for 29.3% of all Android-powered shipments, down from its 40.0% share of two years ago. The worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone in the…
- 4 Sept 2014
Phablet 2014/15 Shipments Closing On 500m Units
According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Device Tracker, worldwide phablet shipments (smartphones with screen sizes from 5.5 to…
- 24 Jul 2015
Samsung Leads Top 5 Global Smartphone Vendors, Market Hits 337.2m in 2Q15- IDC
According to the latest preliminary release from the International Data Corporation (IDC)Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 337.2 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 29 Jan 2016
Samsung Tops, Apple, Huawei & Xiaomi Surpass 2015 YoY Average
A strong holiday quarter boosted worldwide smartphone volumes to new record levels thanks to robust product offerings at numerous price points in both mature and emerging markets. According to…
- 2 May 2016
Smartphone Market Face Challenges Despite 5 Chinese Vendors Top Table
According to the latest preliminary release from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 334.9 million smartphones worldwide in…
- 9 Jun 2016
Samsung & Huawei: What Propels Telecom’s ‘Top Innovators’?
Samsung and Huawei are telecom’s most innovative companies, according to a recent Thomson Reuters global survey of patents and scientific reports, The Future is Open: 2015 State of Innovation. The…
- 30 Nov 2016
4G Smartphone Shipments to Surpass 1Bn in 2016 - IDC
Worldwide smartphone shipments will reach 1.45 billion this year, 1.17 billion of which will be 4G-enabled devices, according to IDC. Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.45 billion…
- 3 May 2018
Samsung, iPhone & Huawei lead Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Market
International Data Corporation (IDC’s) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), resulting…
- 30 Aug 2018
Smartphone Volumes Poised to Return to Growth in 2019- IDC
The International Data Corporation (IDC) believes that Smartphone market will experience low single-digit growth from 2019 through the end of its forecast in 2022 after expectations of decline in…
- 12 Dec 2018
Smartphone Shipments Expected to Return to Growth in 2019- According to IDC
The worldwide smartphone shipment is expected to decline by 3% in 2018 before returning to low single-digit growth in 2019 and through 2022; this is according to the International Data Corporation…