AI-capable PCs made up 20% of PC shipments during the third quarter. Around 13.3 million units were shipped, with Windows devices making up 53% of them.
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Samsung and Apple lead the pack when it came to smartphone shipments during the third quarter. Samsung was bolstered by entry-level devices and Apple by iPhone 16 shipments.
Vendors of earphones and other audio products are increasingly getting more creative with the features they include to stand out during a price war and increased competitiveness, Canalys has said.
Smartphone shipments have grown for a third consecutive quarter, according to Canalys. Shipments expanded by 12% year over year, reaching 288 million units. Disinflation was a main cause.
The US PC market grew by 5% YoY to 14.8 million shipments in Q1 2024, according to a new report. It is expected that the Windows 10 end-of-cycle will boost PC sales over the next quarters.
Canalys has predicted that wearable bands will grow this year and next, thanks to interest in basic watches and smartwatches. The basic band category, however, will see two annual declines.
Worldwide tablet shipments grew by 1% during the first quarter after four consecutive quarters of decline year-over-year. Apple managed to hold its top spot but saw a significant decline.
Smartphone global shipments have reached double digit growth for the first time since 2021. The biggest winner year-over-year in Q1 was Transsion followed by Xiaomi, the popular Chinese manufacturer.
Canalys has forecasted that global cloud spending will increase by 20% this year to around $348 billion. The growth is largely going to be driven by investments into generative AI.
Apple has overtaken Samsung in phone shipments in Europe, according to the analyst firm Canalys. The iPhone maker tends to do well in the fourth quarter each year but this is the first time it leads.
The analyst company Canalys has revealed that smartphone shipments were up year-over-year in the final quarter of 2023. It said that this stabilization could represent the start of a recovery.
The analyst firm Canalys has predicted that the global PC market will grow by 8% in 2024 following seven consecutive quarters of decline in 2022 and 2023. Growth is also predicted in Q4 2023.
PC shipments in the United States have declined by just 6.0% in the second quarter, according to Canalys. Education's demand for Chromebooks has helped to bolster numbers. Apple saw strong figures.
Microsoft Azure managed to grow 26% during the second quarter year-over-year. At that growth rate, it did better than Amazon Web Services but was behind Google Cloud which grew by 31%.
Tablets fell sharply in the second quarter year-over-year while Chromebooks were pretty flat. The position of Chromebooks was described as resilient given the current market conditions.
Canalys says that the smartphone market is finally showing signs of an early recovery. Shipments have declined every quarter starting in the first quarter of 2022 but now there are recovery signs.
Global PC shipments only declined by 11.5% year-over-year in the second quarter compared to the two prior quarters where shipments fell by more than 30% each quarter. This could lead to a recovery.
Microsoft has seen a 32% increase in revenue in its cybersecurity business in the first quarter year-over-year, according to Canalys. It was in the top three companies examined in terms of growth.
PC shipments fell in Western Europe by 37% in Q1 but Canalys believes things could start to turn around in the remainder of the year and into 2024 as people finally start thinking about PC upgrades.
The PC market in the United States has bottomed out, according to Canalys. The analyst company said that it expects to see some sort of recovery take place in the fourth quarter of this year.
Tablet shipments worldwide have fallen to their lowest level since the start of the pandemic. This was exacerbated by the inflation the world is seeing and people spending on necessaries.
Apple and Samsung are in close competition in the race to grab the biggest market share. However, overall the global smartphone market has declined again, according to research firm Canalys.
IDC says global PC shipments went down 29 percent in Q1 2023 compared to the same quarter a year ago, while Canalys claims the number was even worse, going down 33 percent in the quarter.
The analyst company Canalys believes that Western Europe's PC market has bottomed out in terms of declines. Further declines are expected this year, but won't be as steep as the one in Q1'23.
Canalys has revealed that the cybersecurity market grew year-over-year in the third quarter, despite worsening economic conditions. Nevertheless, small-to-medium businesses tightened their spending.
The analyst firm, Canalys, has said U.S. PC shipments fell by 12.1% in the third quarter compared to the same period the year before. It said business demand had been falling during the period.
Canalys has reported that PC sales declined during the second quarter due to supply chain issues in China and lower demand from customers. The higher cost of living could see sales stay lower.
Canalys data for the Southeast Asian region has found that Xiaomi saw a sharp decline in smartphone shipments in the second quarter year-over-year. Samsung was the only firm to increase shipments.
Customers are moving from the mid- to low-end smartphone market for their new devices as economic pressure tightens budgets. The findings were uncovered by the analyst firm Canalys.
In Q2 2021, Samsung held onto its top position with a 19 percent market share. Thanks to its 83 percent growth, Xiaomi surpassed Apple to claim the second spot with 17 percent share.
The analyst firm Canalys has said sales of PC in Western Europe were up 48% in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2020. The sales were driven by people having to work from home.
The analyst firm Canalys has revealed Chromebooks have been one of the main drivers of PC sales after reporting a 275% growth in 1Q21. It also said that the tablet market has been performing well.
Analyst firm Canalys has published a new report showing a 55% increase in PC shipments in Q1. The numbers were led by Lenovo securing 25% of the market and was followed by HP, Dell, Apple and Acer.
The analyst firm Canalys has warned that firms are not spending enough money on cybersecurity. It highlighted that security breaches were higher than even last year so firms need to be prepared.
Canalys has said that Level 2 autonomous cars are finally becoming mainstream. In the United States, they've reached a penetration level of 30%. Globally sales hit 11.2 million in 2020.
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Canalys has reported that the PC market saw 25% growth YoY in 4Q20. The market also had a great 2020 in general as people sought out new computers to help them work from home during the pandemic.
Canalys has reported that the North American wearables market grew by 10% in Q2 2020 but that the average selling price was dragged down as more people opted for low-end activity trackers.
Huawei shipped more smartphones than Samsung to become the number one smartphone OEM in the world in Q2 2020 thanks to strong demand in China, data from research firm Canalys shows.
Canalys has revealed that smartphone sales took a massive plunge in the second quarter compared to last year thanks to COVID-19. Samsung took the biggest his with growth reported at -60%.
Canalys has predicted that true wireless stereo devices will pass 200 million shipments this year. The analyst also revealed how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting different smart audio categories.
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