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Samsung tops global smartphone market in Q3 2024 — IDC

In Phones by Ramon LopezLeave a Comment

The global smartphone market continues its path to recovery, with the International Data Corporation reporting a 4% year-on-year increase in shipments in the third quarter of 2024. This indicates a steady improvement from the slump of 2023, the market’s worst year in a decade, and marks five consecutive quarters of growth.

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Apple is PC industry’s biggest loser in 2016

In Business, Laptops by Alora Uy GuerreroLeave a Comment

HE latest report of market-research firm IDC did not surprise us; we had already expected the PC industry to shrink in 2016. Based on the data, worldwide shipments of traditional PCs — desktops, notebooks, and workstations combined — fell to 260 million units, down 5.7 percent from 2015. It was the fifth straight year that the industry shrank. And Apple took the biggest hit.