Smartphone market worldwide recovered to pre-COVID-19 level in 2021 by growing seven percent year-on-year to 1.35 billion shipments, according to a report. The growth reported despite component supply shortages due to the pandemic that are still being faced by most players in the market globally. Samsung retained its market leadership in the year with a … Read more
Apple was the most popular smartphone manufacturer in terms of worldwide smartphone shipments for Q4 2021, according to a report by market analyst firm Canalasy. The Cupertino-based smartphone manufacturer took the first spot from competitor Samsung, and accounted for 22 percent of global smartphone sales in the last quarter despite supply chain issues, and rising … Read more
The global PC market has shown minimal growth in the fourth quarter of 2021, as per a report by a market analyst firm. The report shows that desktop, laptop, and workstation shipments saw 1 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth during the last quarter. The global shipment for PCs rose to 92 million units from 91 million … Read more
Due to supply issues in low-end models, smartphone shipments in India fell by 5 percent year on year in Q3 2021, Canalys reports. However, compared to Q2 2021, the shipments were 47 percent higher in the third quarter. The analyst firm notes that Xiaomi continued to be the highest shipment vendor in India with 11.2 … Read more
Samsung topped global smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2021, while Apple earned the maximum operating profits during the second quarter of 2021, according to reports by research firms. While global smartphone shipments saw a 6 percent decline in Q3 2021 compared the same quarter last year, Samsung retained 23 percent of the market … Read more
Global PC sales witnessed a 5 percent increase in shipments for the July-September period (Q3) in 2021, as per a report by market research firm Canalys. Lenovo enjoyed the lion’s share of the worldwide PC shipment, while HP secured the second spot followed by Dell, Apple, and Acer in the top five positions. Total shipments … Read more
Laptops and PC shipments in India reached 4.1 million units in the second quarter of 2021, Canalys’ latest report suggests, adding that it grew by a healthy 43 percent year-on-year (YoY). Even tablets are reported to have the best quarter since 2016 and have seen 52 percent YoY growth. Canalys says that desktop shipments were … Read more
With HP at the pole position, the worldwide Chromebook market has posted a 75 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in the second quarter of 2021 (Q2 2021), as per a global notebook market data report by Canalys. The market research firm said that despite a slowdown in shipments growth, Chromebooks continued to outperform the rest of … Read more
Smartphone market globally will grow 12 percent in 2021, with shipments reaching 1.4 billion units, according to a report. The growth forecast depicts a strong recovery in smartphone shipments from 2020, when the market saw a dip due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Manufacturers are expected to bring their new 5G phones this year that will … Read more
Chromebook showed the highest growth in shipments in the PC market globally in the first quarter of this year with 275 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth, as per a report. The latest data by market research firm Canalys shows that the PC market which includes desktops, Chromebooks, notebooks, and tablets saw significant growth in Q1 2021 … Read more