Market research firm Strategy Analytics now projects that smartphone shipments will grow 38% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2012, although the firm cautions that growth could stall in the coming months due to economic conditions in the Eurozone, North America and Asia. However, the firm also expects smartphone shipments to bounce back later in the year when Apple releases the newest version of the iPhone and when more and more... full story ![]()

Apple has indeed managed a significant turnaround in India's smartphone market, according to new figures out from IDC today (via CNN). The Apple smartphone grabbed 15.6 percent of India's smartphone market in Q4 2012, according to new data from the research firm, just behind market leading Samsung with its 38.8 percent, a significant change from the third quarter of last...
techcrunch.com (3 months and 7 days ago)
Samsung has succeeded at dominating the smartphone market, especially in China. After just three years on the Chinese market, Samsung smartphones are the top selling in the country.
ibtimes.com (3 months and 8 days ago)
One of the fundamental creeds held by the proponents behind every new technology and gizmo market, including cell phones, smart phones, tablets, Sony Walkmen, 8-tracks, VHS tapes, juice extractors, tape rewinders, etc., is that their growth rate (and by implication the consumers' discretionary income), is completely dissociated with gravity and will grow at a far faster pace...
zerohedge.com (4 months and 5 days ago)
Gartner, the popular analyst company has released its quarterly report, which shows that Samsung and Apple continue their domination in the smartphone market, while the third place is up for grabs. Sales report of Q4 and 2012 respectively The top two manufacturers have a combined market share of 52% with Samsung accounting for 64.5 million shipments, while Apple managed to...
gsmarena.com (4 months and 5 days ago)
IDC announced a new smartphone growth projection and did a good job at burying the lead. Most news services repeated the IDC-selected headline about smartphone volume overtaking feature phone volumes in 2013. This, of course, was already widely known. The real news in the IDC report was how rapidly the smartphone growth is now decelerating - and the stock market took note....
forbes.com (3 months and 16 days ago)
Shipments of Android smartphones are expected to climb to more than 1 billion units annually in 2017, more than twice the 470 million Android phones that shipped last year. Market research firm Canalys on Tuesday issued a new report containing its smartphone forecast for the next five years. Android is clearly the big winner, and its 1 billion units shipped in 2017 will be...
yahoo.com (13 days ago)
Quick Take We estimate the global sports apparel market will grow at a CAGR of 4% from 2012-2019. Nike, Adidas, Puma and Reebok are some of the key players in the industry. Under Armour and Lululemon Athletica are rapidly growth, newer competitors in the market. Nike’s apparel sales grew at a CAGR of 12.3% during fiscal 2010-2012, which was higher than the growth rate seen...
forbes.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
Filed under: Investing Samsung recently took the top spot for smartphone market share in China, leaving Apple behind in the No. 3 spot. Apple may not be king in the largest smartphone market in the world, but its profits, and demand, speak for themselves in the country.Who's who in Chinese smartphones Samsung's whopping 30 million smartphone sales in China last year deserves...
dailyfinance.com (3 months and 8 days ago)
Filed under: Investing In the following video, senior technology analyst Eric Bleeker looks at recent data out of the booming Chinese smartphone market. China's smartphone market is now the largest in the world. DigiTimes Research pegged the country as accounting for 189 million of the more than 700 million smartphones shipped last year. That's an astounding figure,...
dailyfinance.com (3 months and 8 days ago)
NEW smartphone platforms are expected to challenge Google's Android and Apple's iOS for market leadership.
news.com.au (2 months and 27 days ago)
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