smartphone shipments reached 81 million units in 2014, up 68.5% from 48 million in the previous year, according to Counterpoint Research. Chinese handset makers including Xiaomi and Gionee more than doubled their market to 13%. However the MNC's and global brands including Samsung and Nokia took the beating .. Indian handset makers led by Micromax gained.
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May 22, 2015
24 out of every 100 smartphone sold this year was samsung
March 12, 2015
Finally " Xiaomi Ends Samsung's China Wall " becomes the no 1 Smartphone brand in China,

With Smartphone shipments reaching 107.5 million units between October and December 2014. The smartphone war in China has started to heated up.Global giants like Apple and Samsung will not find it easy going in this country as home grown local smartphone players are set to change the rules of the game and Samsung has already realized that very early .
In Q4,2014 Apple had 12% share of the Chinese smartphone market compared go 7% Q4,2013.., Huawei 11% compared to 10% a year ago and Lenovo's 10% compared to 13% a year ago.In the same time Samsung's marketshare stood at 8% compared to 19% in Q4,2013 which was a decline of 9%. Seldom has a market leader which happens to be a global No 1 smartphone brand seen its share decline to such extent in less than a year.
Meanwhile In what may be the indicator of " disruptive changes in the Chinese Mobile Market,Xiaomi has become the no 1 smartphone brand in China with 14% marketshare . Home grown Xiaomi grew by 100% YoY in just under a year It had 7% marketshare in Q4,2013 which grew by 100% in Q4,2014..and looking closely its very clear. from where it has managed to keep growing at this pace.
According to Canalys, Xiaomi sold 15 million smartphones in China during the second quarter, more than a three-fold surge from a year earlier and eve surpassed older rivals like Huawei and Lenovo.
July 31, 2014
Apple Loosing its Grip in the Tablet Market, as its market share falls from 60 to 30% in a year,
According to the latest data published by the market intelligence firm IDC, charted for us by Statista, Apple's tablet market share has dropped from above 60% in the June quarter of 2012 to just 26.9% this year.
Meanwhile, Samsung's market share jumped about 10 percentage points, Lenovo and Asus gained ground, but most of all, a group of "others," which likely includes Amazon's Kindle Fire and Microsoft's Surface families, has clearly started to bite on Apple's products and now beginning to chip them away .
The ipad today has lost its mojo.. and unless Apple starts changing the market by launching newer tablets or starts to innovate newer technologies and features( example wearable with Tablets.) Apple is in the risk of becoming history as far as tablets are concerned
.According to the latest data published by the market intelligence firm IDC, charted for us by Statista, Apple's tablet market share has dropped from above 60% in the June quarter of 2012 to just 26.9% this year. Meanwhile, Samsung's market share jumped about 10 percentage points, Lenovo and Asus gained ground, but most of all, a group of "others," which likely includes Amazon's Kindle Fire and Microsoft's Surface families, has eaten Apple's lunch, growing about 20 percentage points in a two-year span.China’s Huawei was the big winner in June quarter smartphone sales, according to IDC.
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Meanwhile, Samsung's market share jumped about 10 percentage points, Lenovo and Asus gained ground, but most of all, a group of "others," which likely includes Amazon's Kindle Fire and Microsoft's Surface families, has clearly started to bite on Apple's products and now beginning to chip them away .
The ipad today has lost its mojo.. and unless Apple starts changing the market by launching newer tablets or starts to innovate newer technologies and features( example wearable with Tablets.) Apple is in the risk of becoming history as far as tablets are concerned
.According to the latest data published by the market intelligence firm IDC, charted for us by Statista, Apple's tablet market share has dropped from above 60% in the June quarter of 2012 to just 26.9% this year. Meanwhile, Samsung's market share jumped about 10 percentage points, Lenovo and Asus gained ground, but most of all, a group of "others," which likely includes Amazon's Kindle Fire and Microsoft's Surface families, has eaten Apple's lunch, growing about 20 percentage points in a two-year span.China’s Huawei was the big winner in June quarter smartphone sales, according to IDC.
July 29, 2014
THE TABLET WARS: Leaders and Laggards and also rans
The tablet market grew by 11% over last year. The figure would have been higher had it not been for a decline of 1.5% in the second quarter of 2014, as opposed to the first quarter. The reason for the decline: Large enterprises are holding off on purchasing decisions.
According to Jean Philippe Bouchard, IDC's director for tablets,Apple still leads the tablet market, but it hasn't had a good quarter as far as sales figures go. The iPad has lost ground to both Android and Windows tablets.
Apple shipped 13.3 million units, a decline of 9.3% year-on-year. The company's market share stood at 26.9%. Apple has announced plans to fight back, and it is pinning its hopes on the enterprise sector to drive growth.
Samsung, Apple's biggest rival, had a mixed year and shipped 8.5 million units in Q2, 2014 and saw its market share increase by 1.6% yoy. Samsung struggled to maintain its momentum and saw its market share slip to 17.2% in the second quarter.Lenevo shipped 2.4 million units and moved up to the No 3 ranking, displacing Asus from its position.
May 21, 2014
Out of 42.8 Mn Mobile Phones Sold Online In China ,40% market share is held by Xiaomi and Samsung
42.8 Mn Mobile Phones Sold Online In China In 2013 — China Internet Watch: "The ranking of online mobile phone sales volume in main B2C platforms (Xiaomi official website excluded) in 2013 showed that Samsung led the online market with 20% share, if Xiaomi official website included, Xiaomi ranked the top with 23.9%, Samsung dropped to the second with 16%."
October 10, 2013
PC Sales Touch Bottom, 80million shipments lowest since 2008
The PC Industry Shrank Another 9%, Gartner Says | Business Insider India: "Gartner released its quarterly PC report and the news isn't good. But it isn't all bad either.
Worldwide, the PC industry declined another 8.6% to 80.3 million units total. That's the lowest number of PC sold in a quarter since the economy crashed in 2008, Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa said."
Lenovo was still the No. 1 biggest vendor worldwide, with nearly 18% share, a position it took from HP last quarter. HP had 17% share, Dell had nearly 12%, Acer had 8% and Asus had 6%.
The good news was that the PC industry actually grew 3.5% over the year-ago quarter in the U.S. This is the "back-to-school" quarter and that's why people were buying more PCs
September 2, 2013
Worldwide PC Shipments Slumps 10%, Lenevo tops Global Market
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments in the Second Quarter of 2013 Declined 10.9 Percent: "Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 76 million units in the second quarter of 2013, a 10.9 percent decrease from the same period last year, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of declining shipments, which is the longest duration of decline in the PC market’s history.
According to Industry analysts "Weak Demand from China " was the main season of its decline across Asia Pacific as as the majority of Lenovo’s volume came from Chinamajority of Lenovo’s volume came from China
August 14, 2012
iPad shipments increase by 75% in Q2,2012 as Global PC sales at all time high
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The above chart is based on Gartner;s estimate on preliminary PC unit sales for Q2 ( based on Asymco figures) |
Global PC shipments rose 12% year on year in Q2 2012 led by iPads and Galaxy Tab as Tablet sales more than compensated for disappointing sales of Ultrabooks. This is according to Canalys research reported in August,2012
Apple's iPads continued to impact PC sales and had the biggest single impact on growth rates in the quarter,
However Asus and Samsung made progress with their Transformer and Galaxy Tab product lines. Total ipad shipments increased 75% to 24 million units, representing 22% of all PCs.
Apple continued to lead the market with an estimated 19% share of global PC shipments led by more than 21 million iPad shipments in Q2,2012 (this figure also includes desktops and notebooks) in Q2, compared to just over 13 million during the year-ago quarter, representing a massive 59.6-percent year-over-year growth for Apple
HP, which led the way in Q1, has fallen to the second-place spot, with nearly 13.6 million shipments during the quarter ending yesterday, followed by Lenovo with about 13.2 million, Acer with nearly 10.7 million and Dell with roughly 9.7 million .ASUS and Samsung together accounted for 40.6 million devices sold in Q2,2012