The PC industry saw an increased growth in shipments across the globe during the second quarter of 2020. According to reports from Gartner and IDC, shipments totaled from approximately 64.8 million to…
PC Market Continues To Decline Due To Parts Shortage
The global PC market continues its slow descent. This time due to higher prices caused by a parts shortage. There was marginally good news for HP as it regained top PC vendor spot; but that was a Pyrr…
IDC 1Q2017: Worldwide Tablet Shipment Continues to Decline for Tenth Straight Quarter
IDC has just released its Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker report for the first quarter of 2017, and it looks like things are not doing so well. Global shipment for tablets in the first quarter of t…
Malaysian PC Shipments Continued Their Downward Slide In Q4 2016
PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2016 continued their downward slide. IDC reports that there were about 482,506 units shipped in that time, down by 6.2 percent over the same period last year. The…
IDC: Samsung Still Top Phone Maker in Malaysia Despite Note 7 Fiasco
Despite the whole Samsung Galaxy Note 7 debacle, it appears the Korean company wasn’t really affected by the issue; at least, not in Malaysia. According to International Data Corporation (IDC)&#…
IDC: Smartwatch Shipment Sees Major Decline in Third Quarter of 2016
It looks like the smartwatch market is slowing down. According to IDC, the worldwide smartwatch shipment for the third quarter of this year has declined by 51.6% compared to the same quarter last year…
IDC: Samsung and Apple Decline, Oppo and Vivo Kicks Xiaomi and Lenovo Out of Top Five Chart
IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker numbers are out and it looks like things have changed quite a bit since we last saw the numbers. As expected, the global shipment volumes for Apple has d…
Global PC Shipments Face Highest Ever Drop In Q4 2015
According to research firms IDC (International Data Corporation) and Gartner, the PC market has encountered a severe drop in sales during the end of 2015. IDC estimated that PC shipments fell to a rec…
IDC: Smartphone Sales Continues to Grow in Malaysia Despite GST and Weakening Ringgit Thanks to Budget Smartphones
Our Ringgit may be weak (it’s US$1 to RM4.3 according to Google at the time of writing), and GST may have punched a big hole in all our pockets, but it looks like the smartphone and tablet market is s…
IDC Report: Xiaomi was the World’s Second Largest Wearable Vendor in Q1 2015
Xiaomi may have just entered the wearable market a little less than a year ago, but guess what? They are now listed as the second top wearable vendors IDC’s Q1 2015 report, with numbers that are far m…
IDC: Apple is the Top Smartphone Vendor in China for Q1 2015
While there are plenty of smartphone manufacturers emerging from China, it looks like Apple has soared above all of them in their home country. According to IDC’s Q1 2015 report, Apple is now the top …
IDC Forecasts Malaysian Smartphone Growth At 27-percent; Says GST Will Have No Impact On Industry
International market research firm IDC foresees the GST having no impact on the Malaysian smartphone market with the industry expected to grow some 27-percent year-on-year in Q4 2014. This stands in s…