China's big players are gearing up for a price war in the high-end smartphone sector, and the only big winner will be the consumer. Xiaomi Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp's Nubia have all rolled out new products in what has ...
Tags: high-end smartphone, smartphone
In May 2015, 32.6% of smartphone sales in China were for HD units while 21.4% were for Full HD, according to a new report from Sigmaintell Consulting. The HD and Full HD percentages both represented a 0.8pp on-month decline. WQHD ...
Tags: Smartphone, HD Units
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 6.2% in 2015 according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This will be the fourth consecutive year of declining volume as the PC market continues to struggle with competition from ...
Tags: PC Market, PC Shipments
Personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments declined 6.4% on year and 13.6% sequentially, finishing the first quarter of 2015 with 17.6 million units, according to the IDC Worldwide Personal and Entry Level Storage Tracker. Shipment ...
With a growing number of Chinese cell phone makers taking giant strides in overseas markets, Africa, with its huge population, is also in its sights. OPPO, a Chinese producer, has unveiled two smartphones, OPPO N3 and OPPO N5, in Morocco, ...
Tags: Cell Phone, African Market
Producers of gaming consoles are clearly looking far beyond providing just games, as they include sport and education-related functions in their offerings. Xbox has started working with New Oriental, a leading privately owned education ...
Tags: xBox, Education Function, gaming consoles
The appetite for electronics among high-tech consumers appears endless as newer technology enters the market. This year, 3D printers and wearable fitness monitors have the spotlight. Next year, it may be smart eyewear. Revenue from sales ...
Tags: UPS, IDC, Electronics
It's no more a dream to enjoy a free ride with the driver dressed in a suit holding the car door and even carrying the luggage for you, thanks to the heavy coupons companies have been throwing around since day one of chauffeur-driven ...
Tags: Transportation, UCAR
Beijing-based Xiaomi Inc has set a more ambitious goal for smartphone sales in 2015, the company's founder and CEO revealed on Friday. Xiaomi is expected to sell between 80 million and 100 million smartphones for the whole of 2015, Lei ...
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According to new data from IDC, large format printer (LFP) shipments grew 3.5% in 2014 when compared to 2013 while revenues declined by less than 1%. Product mix changes and some very aggressive price promotions were responsible for the ...
Tags: Large Format Printer, Printer
The shipment growth of China's smart connected devices (SCD), including PCs, tablets and smartphones, will slow down in 2015, according to market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Combined shipments in 2015 will rise ...
Tags: Smart Devices, Electronics
China's top smartphone companies challenged Samsung and Apple with surging sales and revenue in 2014, vowing to scramble for a larger share in a global turf war with the top two makers. As one of the major competitors, telecom behemoth ...
Tags: Smartphone, Samsung, Apple
Chinese smartphone market growth will slown down after the explosive growth in the past years due to mobile carriers' reducing subsidies and the gets-saturated market. The data shows Chinese smartphone deliveries reached 10.5 million ...
Tags: Smartphone, Xiaomi, mobile carriers
According to foreign media’s report, IDC predicts worldwide smartphone shipments will reach almost 1.3 billion units in 201, up 26.3% on year. And Android Smartphones shipment units will reach 1.06 billion, accounting for 82.3%. By ...
Tags: Smartphone, Apple, Andriod
Google has flogged more Chromebooks to schools than Apple managed with its own iPad sales. New data from IDC has revealed that US schools bagged 715,000 Chromebooks in Q3 this year. Meanwhile Apple flogged a slightly more meagre 702,000 ...
Tags: Google, Consumer Electronics