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Smartphone shipments are falling, but Chinese brands are picking up steam

Smartphone makers shipped fewer phones in the third quarter of 2018 than they did during the same period a year earlier. If that statement sounds familiar, it’s because you could say the same thing about the last four quarters, according to reports out this week from IDC and Strategy Analytics. While the two reports differ […]

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Huawei became the number 2 smartphone seller last quarter

Samsung continues to be the world’s top smartphone maker, at least in terms of shipments. But according to new reports out this week from IDC and Strategy Analytics, Apple has dropped from second to third place. It was displaced by Chinese phone maker Huawei, which shipped 54 million phones during the second quarter of 2018. […]

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Report: Google’s Chromecast took 35 percent of the media streamer market in 2015

Google’s Chromecast sells for $35… so maybe it’s appropriate that a recent report from Strategy Analytics says the inexpensive media streaming device had a 35 percent share of the market last year. According to the research firm’s numbers, 42 million media streaming devices shipped in 2015, and Google shipped more of those devices than any […]

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Report: 8.1 million smartwatches shipped last quarter (beating Swiss watches)

Smartwatches may not be as ubiquitous as their old-fashioned mechanical and digital counterparts yet. But according to Strategy Analytics, smartwatches outshipped Swiss-made watches for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2015. Of course, the distinction might become moot soon, now that Swiss watch makers are starting to produce smart wearables. I think the […]

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Reports: Xiaomi is third biggest phone maker, even before entering US or Europe

China’s Xiaomi only sells its smartphones and other devices in a handful of markets… but they’re big markets with large populations including China and India. So even though you can’t easily buy a Xiaomi phone in the US or Europe, we probably shouldn’t be surprised that the company is selling a lot of phones. In fact, with […]