Tag: IDC
Windows Phone might just surprise you in 2014 – IDC Data
With the smartphone market being dominated by the Android and iOS phones one is left to wonder whether the Windows Phone has a future...
Huawei accounted for 5% of the 1 billion smartphones shipped in 2013
The International Data Corporation (IDC) has released its figures of how the mobile market performed last year. Top on the list of the vendors...
1 billion smartphones to be shipped by end of 2013 – IDC
The year is drawing to a close and you may be wondering how smartphones faired this year. IDC has that covered: 1 billion is...
Asus ships 3.5 million tablets in Q3 translating to 53.9% growth and third in tablets Marketshare
The tablets market is one growth area that even threatens the mere existence of PCs, smartphones are not growing as fast, particularly in the...
Huawei confirms its hold on the number 3 spot as top smartphone maker, beats LG and Sony
For a while now we have known that Chinese handset maker Huawei means business and they have at various points this year been quoted...
Age of Giants: Rise of the phablets
Phablets- a term virtually unknown till 2011 is now a rage amongst the consumers and tech companies alike. All the major manufacturers have one...
India sold more phablets than sub 3.5 inch smartphones in Q2
Remember those nostalgic days when the smartphone was supposed to be 3.5 inch, the gospel according to Saint Jobs? Well those are over...
Nokia steals back much needed mobile phones lead in Home country Finland
It's not always easy to take a beating in your hometown, ask Blackberry. Nokia's been there but now they seem to be back on...
Small Android Brands edge Apple out of top 5 in India – IDC
With a mobile phone market growth of 24% in Q1, India has some very surprising report from IDC. A total of 60.7 million phones...
