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IDC: Global smartphone shipments up 4.0% y-o-y to 316.1 million units in 3Q2024
IDC reported that the global smartphone shipments increased 4.0% year over year to 316.1 million units in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24). This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of shipment growth with a strong start into the second half of this year despite macroeconomic concerns. “Led by str
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Global wearable band market up 0.2% in Q2 2024
Canalys reported that the global wearable band shipments grew 0.2% in Q2 2024 to 44.3 million devices. Basic watches continued to drive the market, with shipments up 6% year on year, largely thanks to Huawei and Xiaomi. Basic watches accounted for 48% of the wearable band market, their highest shar
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STMicroelectronics introduces ST4SIM-300, a first embedded SIM in the industry
STMicroelectronics has introduced the ST4SIM-300, the first embedded SIM in the industry to meet the incoming GSMA standard for eSIM IoT deployment. Also known as SGP.32, the new standard introduces special features to facilitate managing IoT devices connected to cellular networks.
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AP-SoC shipments to rebound 9% YoY in 2024
Counterpoint Research forecasts a 9% year-over-year rebound in smartphone AP-SoC shipments, driven primarily by the transition to more advanced nodes, especially 3nm chips in flagship devices. This shift, along with the expanding demand for premium and ultra-premium smartphones, is expected to benef
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Semiconductor device revenue for mobile and consumer reached $296 billion in 2023
The semiconductor industry market segments of mobile and consumer generated $296 billion in revenue in 2023 with an expected CAGR of 2.1% to reach $383 billion in 2030, as per latest study by Yole . However it was -15% year-on-year-setback in 2023. A 4% year-on-year rebound is expected in 2024. T
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Counterpoint: India’s smartwatch shipments grew 50% YoY in 2023
Counterpoint has come out with its latest finding of the dynamic landscape of the wearable technology market in 2023 in India, where it finds India’s smartwatch shipments grew 50% YoY in 2023. This market is driven by proliferation of low-cost devices to target first-time users, and enhanced effort
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The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: AI superman in a smartphone SoC chip
More realistic, edge-empowering text based and image-based generative AI is coming to your android smart phones powered by the new snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC processor chip from Qualcomm . It is almost the most powerful android smartphone SOC launched in the market as of now. 8 Gen 3 SoC processor chip
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Wi-Fi 7 features and benefits: Enabler of AR/VR headset, wireless display, and cloud gaming
Latency is a big issue in wireless AR/VR headsets and also for future wireless displays. To support seamless real-time transmission of high-bandwidth extremely interactive video and graphics across devices, very small delays due to interferences and latency of the networks should be kept extremely
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With 1% decline in Q3 2023 global smartphone market is on recovery path
Canalys has come out with its latest study on global smartphone market for the third quarter of 2023, where it says the global smartphone market seen a slight drop of 1% compared to previous year, but where as sequentially compared to previous quarter, the smartphone market recorded a double-digit g
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Snapdragon Seamless enables peripherals and data both on Windows and Android
At the recently held Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm unveiled Snapdragon Seamless, a cross-platform technology that facilitates the seamless integration of Android, Windows, and Snapdragon devices with other operating systems. This innovative solution empowers these devices to effortlessly discover one
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Mobile Application Trends and the Impact on Mobile Platforms
by Aashoo Kukreja, ST-Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd Introduction The mobile application space is exploding. Users increasingly turn to smartphones and tablets to consume and create content,
10 min readApple's preference of Samsung's AMOLED for its iPhone 8 drives the market
Apple is reported to be moving from LCD to active matrix organic LED (AMOLED) for its next iPhone 8 smart phone series. As of now Samsung is said to be the vendor selected by Apple to supply AMOLED , although LG stands as best competitor to Samsung as alternate supplier to Apple. AMOLED is alre
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