Global smartphone shipments recorded a 27 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021), says a report by market research firm Canalys. Samsung retained the lion’s share of the worldwide smartphone market, Apple took the second spot, and Chinese technology companies Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo completed the top five in that … Read more
Xiaomi retained its position as a market leader as smartphone shipments in India grew 11 percent year-over-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021), a new report has shown. A total of 37.1 million smartphones were in the country. As per the findings by Canalys, the growth is attributed to “favourable macroeconomic factors” … Read more
Chromebook sales almost quadrupled Q4 2020, with shipments reaching 11.2 million units, as per a Canalys report. This is a 287 per cent increase over Q4 2019’s figures, and brings the full-year total to 30.6 million units. The coronavirus-induced lockdowns have resulted in a surge in demand for Chromebooks, likely for remote education uses. With … Read more
Xiaomi leads as the Indian smartphone market finished 2020 with nearly 145 million units shipped compared to the 148 million smartphones shipped in 2019, a new Canalys report says. The slight downfall of two percent was due to the coronavirus-induced lockdowns in the early part of the year, but the second half more than recovered … Read more
The global PC market saw huge demand last year, with Canalys reporting that total PC shipments in 2020 grew 11 percent to reach 297 million units. Another research firm IDC reiterates the same claim, saying that this is biggest growth in a decade and the last time the PC market saw annual growth of this … Read more
Samsung has regained the top spot in global smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2020, multiple research reports confirm. The South Korean company shipped nearly 80 million units in Q3, pushing China’s Huawei (which shipped close to 50 million units) to the second spot ending its short-lived reign. Xiaomi beat Apple for the first … Read more