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Smartphones Outsell PC & Tablet Sales Combined, Represent Almost 1/3 of Handsets Sold

02/06/2012
The number of smartphones sold worldwide in 2011 has outnumbered the number of PCs and tablets, said market research firm Canalys in a research released last week. According to the British firm, 487.7 million smartphones were sold in 2011 against 414.6 million client PCs (encompassing desktops,...

Indian Smartphone Market: 68% CAGR Until 2015

10/05/2011
Market research firm IDC has recently released some interesting data about mobile phones and smartphones in India. While the Indian mobile phone market as a whole only grew 6 percent to reach 42.8 million units in the second quarter of 2011, the Smartphone market grew 68% year-on-year....

IDC: Smartphone Sales Top Feature Phones in Western Europe

09/12/2011
According to a new report from market research firm IDC, Smartphone sales have outstripped feature phones for the first time in Western Europe in the second quarter of 2011. Feature phone shipments were down 29% to 20.4 million units in 2Q11, while smartphone shipments increased 48% to 21.8...

IDC: Post Holiday Season Hard on Media Tablet Shipments

07/11/2011
Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels fell by 28% on a sequential basis in the first calendar quarter of 2011 to 7.2 million units worldwide, according to market research firm IDC. “For 1Q11, the seasonal trends typically found in more mature consumer electronics and computing...

IDC: 183B Apps Downloads in 2015; Ads & In-App Purchase Monetization

07/04/2011
Mobile app downloads are forecast to soar from 10.7 billion in 2010 to 182.7 billion in 2015, according to a new research from IDC. But the most interesting aspect of this IDC research is not in the staggering number of downloads expected but in the monetization trend behind this whole new market....

IDC Forecast 55% Growth for Smartphone Market in 2011

06/14/2011
“The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to grow 55% year over year in 2011 as a growing number of users turn in their feature phones for more advanced devices,“ said market research firm IDC in a new report. According to its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, handset makers will ship a...

Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Up 20% in Q1

04/29/2011
Market research firm IDC yesterday announced that mobile phone vendors shipped 371.8 million units worldwide in 1Q11 compared to 310.5 million units in the first quarter of 2010, a 19.8 percent growth. The market was fueled by high smartphone growth, especially in emerging markets....

IDC Predicts 450m Smartphones to Ship in 2011

03/29/2011
According to market research firm IDC, smartphone vendors will ship more than 450 million units in 2011 compared to the 303.4 million units shipped in 2010, a growth of 49.2%, more than four times faster than the overall handset market. On this highly competitive and innovative market, “he...


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