SmartPhones stories - Page 53

Two-thirds of consumers who own digital voice assistants use their smartphones less in the home since acquiring the devices.

Global smartphone sales grew by 3% in Q3 2017, with top vendors posting strong gains. Samsung led with 19.3% growth, while Xiaomi soared with an 80% rise.

Futuresource Consulting has announced the key findings from its latest global consumer electronics retail channel trends report.

Smartphone vendors may be launching their high-end flagships in abundance, but it's more affordable models that will drive the market.

India's smartphone market has recovered from a shaky Q2 2017 to surge in growth with the five major vendors being the drivers - Xiaomi in particular.

India's IoT market is expected to grow from $1.3b in 2016 to $9b in 2020 - experts met at the third oneM2M Industry day to discuss the implications.

The traditional PC market has clocked a better than expected result Q3, with HP logging a 'notable' growth thanks to big wins in Asia Pacific.

BlackBerry has expanded its Indian channel, appointing six new partners as the Canadian vendor looks to increase its enterprise business.

Asia Pacific's SMEs also worry about the cost of implementing cybersecurity technologies, believing that other business areas need funding more.

Strong growth in the commercial segment is helping drive marginal growth in the Indian tablet market, despite a declining consumer segment.

The findings come from market research company Counterpoint in its recently released Market Pulse report for July 2017.

Traditional PC shipments in India have slumped nearly 19% quarter on quarter to an all-time low on the back of the recent GST implementation, IDC says.

​New research from IDC has revealed the smartphone market declined slightly in the second quarter of 2017 – but this is expected to soon change.

​Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs declined in the first quarter of 2017, but surprisingly the figures are more positive than expected.

IDC is forecasting IT spend to rebound from the second half of 2017, so what technologies are on the up - and which are dragging the market down?.

Despite a surge in smartphone traffic, consumers in Australia and New Zealand still predominantly make purchases via desktop, Adobe's new report reveals.

Adobe's latest report highlights a significant gap between Australian marketers' self-perceptions and consumer expectations in digital advertising.

Huawei, Oppo and Vivo have grabbed a combined 24% of the global smartphone market, with ASPs on the up as buyers spend more for better phones.

The predicted growth of SMEs is expected to be the highest growth rate in the Telecom Managed Services Market during the forecast period.

Security improvements and cloud capabilities are spurring Windows 10 deployments in enterprises, leading to the fastest OS upgrades seen says Gartner.