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Eric Smith
| Aug 04, 2021
Global Notebook shipments reached 65.6 million units in Q2 2021, up 15% compared to Q2 2020 and down -4% from 68.2 million in Q1 2021 as some parts of the world...
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Rajeev Nair
| Aug 04, 2021
Online channel share of the Indian smartphone market scaled to a new high (at its highest ever), in Q2 2021. In a quarter, challenged by the second wave of COVI...
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Ken Hyers
| Aug 03, 2021
Global legitimate handset shipments improved by 15% annually in Q2 2021. After uneven growth in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, handset sales in Q2 2021 cont...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 03, 2021
Google this week is unveiling its new Tensor chip.
Tensor is a custom chip that brings ambient computing, machine learning and artificial i...
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Chris Schreiner
| Aug 03, 2021
We all enjoy those everyday experiences that make our life more pleasant, but we also suffer little annoyances with everyday products and services.
Lisa, Chris...
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Boris Metodiev
| Aug 02, 2021
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Europe smartphone shipments grew a strong +14% YoY to 50.1 million units in Q2 2021, recovering from t...
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Neil Mawston
| Aug 02, 2021
We conducted this week an informal survey of dozens of global tech influencers on LinkedIn.
We asked if they would ever wear a smartring on their fin...
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Abhilash Kumar
| Jul 30, 2021
Global KaiOS feature phone market declined 16% YoY and 42% QoQ in Q2 2021. The decline was driven by lack of refreshed portfolio of the KaiOS powered devices. A...
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Yiwen Wu
| Jul 30, 2021
Huawei launched 4G-only P50 series in China. The new models come with Huawei’s latest camera technology and preload Harmony OS. The starting price of P50 ...
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Boris Metodiev
| Jul 29, 2021
Apple’s global iPhone shipments beat expectations and grew +15% in Q2 2021, despite supply constraints.
Apple expanded in all six global regions in Q2 20...
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Eric Smith
| Jul 29, 2021
Hybrid work and more digitized classrooms continue to drive record tablet demand midway through 2021, as Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, and Amazon all posted strong re...
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Linda Sui
| Jul 29, 2021
According to the latest research report from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments grew +11% YoY in Q2 2021, with the volume of 314.2 million units. T...
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Rajeev Nair
| Jul 29, 2021
India smartphone market declined by -15% sequentially in Q2 2021. The world’s second largest smartphone market however did grow annually. This being more ...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 28, 2021
New research from SA predicts sales of smartphones thru online retail channels in Germany will grow a decent +8% this year in 2021.
Germany is the biggest smar...
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Chris Schreiner
| Jul 27, 2021
As vaccination rates increase, travel corridors are slowly opening up. What does international travel look like during this time? Lisa recently traveled from th...
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Ken Hyers
| Jul 26, 2021
WiFi in smartphones is as ubiquitous as cellular radios – 100% of smartphones sold today have WiFi. Surprisingly, a (much smaller) proportion of fea...
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Neil Mawston
| Jul 26, 2021
Smartrings are a niche wearable so far. But there are signs of renewed interest, from Oura and others. Sometimes worn by royalty, like Prince Harry. What is the...
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Ken Hyers
| Jul 23, 2021
Bluetooth is a short range wireless technology that lets handsets communicate with other devices. The first Bluetooth handset was launched in 1999. ...
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Ken Hyers
| Jul 22, 2021
Practically all handsets sold globally now use a USB type connector to connect the phone to a charger and for wired data transfer. While USB Type-C is the...
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Ken Hyers
| Jul 21, 2021
Cameras are one of the most important features for consumers when choosing a smartphone to purchase, right up with battery life and not far behind OS choice and...
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