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- 16 Dec 2016
Augmented, VR Headsets Shipments to Hit 76m, Grow 108.3% By 2020- IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) is excited to announce the launch of its newest Tracker ® research program focusing on the emerging Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headset…
- 16 Jun 2016
Global Wearables Shipments to Hit 213.6m Units in 2020, Other IDC Forecasts
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 101.9 million units by the end of 2016, representing 29.0% growth over 2015. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)…
- 30 Mar 2018
Smart Home Devices Set to Hit 939.7m shipment by 2022
International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast results has shown that Smart Home Devices will grow on market size and forecasting of IP-connected devices used in the home, which include smart…
- 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…
- 26 Mar 2018
Smartwatches to Grow by 15.1% in 2018 - IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) has said that Worldwide shipments of wearable devices is on track to grow 15.1% in 2018, totaling 132.9 million units over the course of the year. The overall…
- 3 Feb 2018
Apple Leads Samsung, Huawei at the Worldwide Smartphone Market
Worldwide Smartphone Market statistics has shown that Apple has overtaking Samsung to the Top Position of Smartphone Market, While Overall Shipments Decline 6.3% in the Fourth Quarter of 2017. …
- 6 Feb 2018
Apple leads Amazon.com, Samsung & Huawei in Detachable Tablets Market Growth
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation’s Quarterly Tablet Tracker shows that worldwide detachable tablet market grew to 6.5 million units in the fourth quarter…
- 21 Mar 2016
Why WW Shipments of Wearables Will Surpass 200m in 2019- IDC Forecasts
Worldwide (WW) shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110 million by the end of 2016 with 38.2% growth over the previous year. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)…
- 3 Jun 2020
Smartphone Shipments to Plunge by 11.9% in 2020 Fueled by Ongoing COVID-19 Challenges- IDC Reports
The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to decline 11.9% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide…
- 12 Jul 2014
IDC Examines Fitness Activity Trackers & Consumer Engagement Trends
International Data Corporation (IDC) Health Insights on Friday announced the availability of a two new reports examining fitness activity trackers and consumer engagement. The first report,…
- 17 May 2016
Worldwide Wearables Market Increases 67.2%- IDC
A combination of device releases, price reductions, and company rationalizations marked the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16) in the worldwide wearables market. According to data from the International…
- 7 Dec 2016
Fitness Trackers Top as Wearables Market Grows 3.1% In 3Q2016- IDC
While the smartwatch market took a tumble this quarter, the overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16). Total wearables shipments reached 23 million in the…
- 1 Sept 2017
Xiaomi, Apple, Fitbit Lead as Smartwatches Accelerate in 2Q17- Report
The worldwide wearables market was once again graced with positive growth as shipments grew 10.3% year over year, reaching 26.3 million during the second quarter of 2017 (2Q17), according to the…
- 21 Mar 2018
Demand for AR/VR Headsets Expected to Rebound in 2018, Says IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker shows that Worldwide shipments for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets will grow to 68.9…
- 3 Mar 2018
Global Wearable Market Grows by 7.7% as Apple Leads Fitbit, others at Smartwatch Market
The worldwide smartwatch market has continued its upward trajectory in both the fourth quarter (4Q17) and full year 2017 with total shipment volumes reaching new records. Thanks to a surge in…
- 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…
- 22 Mar 2017
Wristwear Dominates Wearables Market, Clothing & Earwear Growing- IDC
The overall wearables market is expected to return to strong growth after a brief slowdown in 2016 that resulted from delayed launches of major platforms and notable vendors struggling to maintain…
- 5 Dec 2015
Worldwide Wearables Market Soars by 197.6% in 3Q2015- IDC
A quarter after Apple debuted as the number two wearables vendor worldwide, Chinese vendor Xiaomi finished the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) as a strong contender for this position. Similarly,…
- 17 Apr 2018
HP, Lenovo & Dell lead Traditional PC Market Shipment in the First Quarter of 2018 - IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker shows that Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 60.4 million…
- 21 Jun 2018
IDC Forecasts 8.1 Million Growth for AR & VR by 2018
International Data Corporation (IDC) report has shown that Worldwide shipments of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets were down 30.5% year over year, totaling 1.2 million units…
- 6 Nov 2017
Apple, Samsung & Huawei Top Third Quarter Tablet Market
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, the third quarter of 2017 (3Q17) closed with 40 million tablets shipped globally.…
- 8 Jun 2021
Africa's Smartphone Market Posts Strong Recovery in Q1 2021
Newly released data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market enjoyed year-on-year (YoY) growth of 14.0% in Q1 2021 to total 53.3 million…
- 28 Apr 2016
Apple, Microsoft Jostle for Detachable Tablet Market
First quarter seasonality combined with an overall disinterested customer base led to an annual decline of 14.7% in worldwide tablet shipments during the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16). Worldwide…
- 12 Jul 2015
Low-Priced Phones Pushing 2015 MEA Smartphone Market to 155m Units
Middle East and Africa (MEA) smartphone shipments are set to total 155 million units in 2015 after increasing 66% year on year during the first quarter to reach more than 36 million units, according…
- 19 Jan 2017
Tablet Sales to Decline by 10% in 2017- Report
In 2017, tablet sales will be fewer than 160 million units, suggesting that we have passed the peak demand for these devices. This is according to Deloitte Africa's 16th edition of the Technology,…
- 13 Jul 2015
Samsung, Tecno & Apple Lead African Smartphone Market
Samsung, Tecno, and Apple were the leading smartphone vendors in Africa during the quarter, with Huawei being ousted from the top three. The three leading vendors accounted for a combined 55% share…
- 2 Feb 2016
Slate Tablets Continue Decline, Detachable Tablets Climb to New High- IDC
Despite the holiday season, the worldwide tablet market declined yet again in the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15) with 65.9 million units shipped, down -13.7% year over year, according to preliminary…
- 25 Sept 2013
IDC Sees Double Smartphone Shipments to Africa in 4 Years
Smartphone shipments to Africa were up 21.5% year on year for Q2 2013, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its most recent Middle East and Africa…
- 30 Aug 2016
Windows Opens Doors for Worldwide Tablet Market Rebound in 2018- IDC
The decline of the worldwide tablet market is set to continue for the remainder of 2016 as year-over-year growth reaches an all-time low of -11.5% and shipments of 183.4 million units, according to…
- 3 Aug 2016
Worldwide Tablet Shipments Decline More Than 12% in 2Q16
Worldwide tablet shipments, inclusive of slates and detachables, reached 38.7 million in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16) according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC)…