iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro Max Top Most Sold Smartphones List for Q1 2022: IDC

iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro Max Top Most Sold Smartphones List for Q1 2022: IDC

iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro Max reportedly took the top two spots on the most sold smartphones list for the first quarter of 2022. This information comes from IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo who shared a top-five list of the best-selling smartphones in Q1 2022. Another Apple handset found its way into this list at … Read more

India Smartphone Shipments Dip 5 Percent YoY in Q1 2022: IDC

India Smartphone Shipments Dip 5 Percent YoY in Q1 2022: IDC

India smartphone shipments declined for the third consecutive quarter, with a drop of five percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report. While Xiaomi maintained its leadership in the market, all top-five vendors except Realme saw a decline in their shipments in the quarter. Key reasons for the dip are believed … Read more

Apple, Lenovo Lead Tablet and Chromebook Shipments in Q1 2022: IDC

Apple, Lenovo Lead Tablet and Chromebook Shipments in Q1 2022: IDC

Tablet and Chromebook shipments reportedly saw an annual decline in Q1 2022. This data comes from a report by the International Data Corporation (IDC). As per the report, the overall shipments continue to be above pre-pandemic levels, however, the overall growth has slowed down. This trend might indicate that the tablet and Chromebook markets are … Read more

PC Shipments Declined in Q1 2022 Following 2 Years of Growth: IDC

PC Shipments Declined in Q1 2022 Following 2 Years of Growth: IDC

The global PC market saw a decline of 5.1 percent in shipments during the first quarter of 2022, according to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC). Despite ongoing supply chain and logistical challenges, vendors still managed to ship 80.5 million PCs during the time. Meanwhile, the PC market is coming off two years of … Read more

Indian PC Market Registers Record Shipments in 2021: IDC

Indian PC Market Registers Record Shipments in 2021: IDC

HP maintained its lead in the overall PC category in 2021 in India with over 1.3 million units shipped in the fourth quarter (Q4 2021), according to a report by IDC. The vendor reportedly enjoyed a market share of 31.5 percent and saw its shipments grow by 58.7 percent last year. Meanwhile, the PC market … Read more

Chromebook Shipments Declined Worldwide Over 60 Percent YoY in Q4: IDC

Chromebook Shipments Declined Worldwide Over 60 Percent YoY in Q4: IDC

Chromebook shipments worldwide dropped over 60 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2021, though shipments continued to grow for the full year, according to a report. All top players in the global Chromebook market — starting from Acer and Dell to Lenovo and Samsung — registered negative year-on-year growth in the quarter due to … Read more

HP Leads Indian PC Market in Q3 2021, Notebooks Dominate: IDC

HP Leads Indian PC Market in Q3 2021, Notebooks Dominate: IDC

HP maintained its lead in the overall PC category with over a million shipments in the Indian market in the third quarter of 2021, IDC reports. Notebooks continued to dominate the overall PC category in India with more than 80 percent share. The report adds that the enterprise and consumer demand helped the notebook category … Read more

Xiaomi Leads as Indian Smartphone Shipments Decline in Q3: IDC

Xiaomi Leads as Indian Smartphone Shipments Decline in Q3: IDC

Indian smartphone market registered a year-over-year (YoY) decline of 12 percent in the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) that ended on September 30, as per a report by International Data Corporation (IDC). During this quarter, 48 million smartphone units were shipped. This is significant as the Indian smartphone market had registered growth in the last … Read more

Samsung Leads Q3 Smartphone Shipments, Apple Posts Biggest Gain: IDC

Samsung Leads Q3 Smartphone Shipments, Apple Posts Biggest Gain: IDC

Samsung continued to reign over the global smartphone market in third quarter even as overall shipments declined, reports IDC. The South Korean tech giant is said to have shipped 69 million handsets in Q3 to secure a 20.8 percent market share. The new data suggests that worldwide smartphone shipments declined 6.7 percent year-on-year (YoY). Even … Read more

Smartphone market analysts slash shipment outlook for second time this year

Smartphone market analysts slash shipment outlook for second time this year

Smartphone market tracking firms have started cutting their 2021 shipment estimates for the second time this year, with import curbs at airports and ports in China adding to the woes of brands already plagued by the continuing acute shortage of chipsets. While TechArc has cut its projections by 7% more, IDC said the industry is … Read more