The Moto 360 may have launched later than a number of other Android Wear devices but it appears that this did not dampen early excitement for the smartwatch. According to market research firm Canalys, the Moto 360 accounted for 15% of the overall smart band market in Q3 2014 and was “by far the most successful of the initial Android […]
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IDC: More than 327 million smartphones shipped in Q3 2014
Smartphones shipments continued to show no sign of slowing down in Q3 2014 but the top five manufacturer list underwent some changes. According to the latest edition of IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 327.6 million smartphones were shipped over the quarter, up 8.5% from the 301 millon the previous quarter and up 25.2% from the 261.7 million shipped over […]
Canalys: Apple Watch to dominate smart band shipments in 2015
Apple unveiled the Apple Watch at its event last week. It probably disappointed more than a few fans when it announced that it would only begin to ship in early 2015. Market research firm Canalys expects that when it does begin to ship, it will quickly make up the majority of smart band shipments. Canalys expects the wearable market to […]
IDC: 300 million smartphones shipped in Q2 2014
The worldwide smartphone market showed no signs of slowing down in the first half of the year. Following strong numbers in Q1, 301.3 million smartphones shipped in Q2 2014 according to market research firm IDC. This is up 25.3% from the 240.5 million shipped the same quarter a year ago. Echoing similar findings by Strategy Analytics earlier this month, the IDC reports […]
Motorola shipped 8.6 million smartphones in Q2 2014
Motorola’s resurgence showed no signs of slowing in Q2 2014. According to ABI Research, the manufacturer sold 8.6 million smartphones in the quarter. That number shows the strength of Motorola’s turnaround. Not only is it a significant jump over the 6.5 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2014 but it’s also more than twice the amount it sold the same quarter […]
2014 Chromebook sales to top 5.2 million units
Chromebook sales continue to gather steam. Market research firm Gartner expects that 2014 Chromebook sales will jump 79% over 2013 this year to reach 5.2 million units. As we have reported in the past, sales are driven mainly by the U.S. education sector which accounted for almost 85% of sales in 2013 and nearly 20% of the overall U.S. K-12 […]
Motorola becomes fourth largest smartphone company in India
In another sign that Motorola is turning its fortunes around, a report by market research firm Canalys found that the company became the fourth largest smartphone manufacturer in India within a year of re-entering the market. In so doing, it also pushed Nokia (now part of the Microsoft Devices Group) down to fifth place. Motorola shipped 955,650 smartphones in India in […]
Android accounts for nearly 85% of smartphone shipments in Q2 2014
From humble beginnings in 2008 with the T-Mobile G1, Android has quickly established itself as the most popular mobile operating system in the world. It accounted for 80% of all smartphones shipped in Q2 2013. Many wondered whether Android could go much further. A year later, the latest Strategy Analytics numbers show Android continuing to grow. For Q2 2014, Android […]