Microsoft’s Azure ‘leads the pack’ as the top managed AI service in the cloud among cloud service providers, says a study published by WIZ

What you need to know WIZ is a leading cloud cybersecurity company that offers the full gamut of protection in the cloud. They performed a study to see how companies worldwide were adopting AI.  Over 70% of organizations’ cloud environments utilize cloud-based managed AI services.  From June to October 2023, just 4 months, Azure OpenAI […]

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Tablet sales keep falling, Apple still leads

Tablet sales fell 10% in 2023 compared to 2022, according to newly released data from Canalys. For the full year, 135.3 million tablets got sold. Apple still leads, as you’d expect, with a whopping 40% market share from its 54 million shipments. Its market share stayed about flat compared to 2022 when it had 40.4% […]

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Apple Again Leads in Smartphone Resale Value With iPhone 15

Apple’s iPhone 15 lineup sets a new standard in value retention, outperforming its predecessors and leading the pack among 2023 flagship smartphones, a new report finds. New data from SellCell, an aggregator of buyback prices from over 40 vendors, reveals that the ‌iPhone 15‌ range, particularly the 256GB Pro Max model, is depreciating at a […]

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Samsung leads the smartphone market in a whopping 95 countries

It’s no mystery that Samsung, along with Apple, is the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world when it comes to market share and shipment numbers. But while Apple focuses only on the premium segment, Samsung has its hands in every pie and sells devices at all kinds of price points. That strategy has worked well […]

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Canalys: Oppo leads booming foldable market in China during Q1

Oppo’s foldable shipments appear to be doing more than well in its home market of China as a new Canalys report confirms Oppo was the foldable market leader for the Q1 period. Oppo held a 31% market share in the Chinese foldable smartphone segment for the January-March 2023 period. The jump in market share is […]

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Foldable phone shipments dropped again in Q1, but Samsung leads

Foldable phone shipments peaked in Q3 2022 when all OEMs combined posted more than 500% growth and shipment figures of over 6 million. Since then, foldable phone shipments have declined year-on-year for two consecutive quarters. And in Q1 2023, only 2.1 million units were shipped. Samsung maintained the lead above all other foldable phone manufacturers. […]

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Apple leads Samsung in refurbished smartphone market

According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, the refurbished smartphone market grew 5% YoY in 2022. However, Samsung wasn’t able to tap into that growth as the company’s share in the refurbished smartphone market went down from 28% in 2021 to 26% in 2022. The research firm says, “There was a small percentage shift […]

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IDC: XR market declines 21% in 2022, Meta leads the VR segment, Nreal on top of the AR segment

2022 was a tough year for the AR/VR market as global shipments dropped sharply to 8.8 million units for the full year – down 20.9% compared to 2021, according to data by IDC. The analysts say that the drop was expected as this is a fledgling market and certain global events have massive effects on […]

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Xiaomi leads the Indian smartphone market, Oppo is the only brand still growing

A few days ago, Canalys published its report about global smartphone sales in the third quarter of this year (July to September), and today it’s back with a similar evaluation which is this time focused on the Indian smartphone market. Overall, shipments in India declined by 6% in Q3 2022 compared to the year-ago quarter, […]

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Samsung leads Indian smartphone market with highest sales, revenue during festive period

The latest report by Strategy Analytics brings some good news for Samsung. According to the report, the Indian smartphone sales revenue grew 17% year-on-year to $2.1 billion in just the first eight days of festive sales from September 23 to 30. The report also stated that Samsung took the lead in the festive sales period […]

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Samsung leads smartphone shipments in Europe as the market hits new low

The European smartphone market suffered a setback in the first quarter of the year, and Samsung also experienced a 16% year-on-year drop in market share. Samsung still kept the lead over all other smartphone manufacturers, including Apple and Xiaomi. The Korean tech giant captured 35% of the European smartphone market in Q1 2022, down from […]

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Rockley Photonics CEO leads speakers at Wearables London event

Rockley Photonics CEO Andrew Rickman will lead an exciting roster of speakers at a Wareable event in London. Wareable Presents: Wearables London is the reboot of a successful series of events – and Wareable is taking an active role. And we’ve assembled some top speakers to talk about the world of wearable tech in 2022 […]

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Canalys: China PC market shrinks by 1% in Q1, Lenovo still leads the way

The desktop, notebook and workstation market in China amounted to 11.66 million combined shipments for Q1 which is slightly down from the 11.75 million a year ago according to Canalys’s latest report. Lenovo was the market leader once again with 4.29 million units shipped for the period and a 37% market share. Dell was second […]

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Black Shark 5 Pro leads Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 domination of AnTuTu ranking in April

Latest ranking from AnTuTu revealed a Qualcomm domination both in the flagship and mid-range segments. Nine out of the top 10 best performing flagships run on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, while seven out of the top 10 midrangers are powered by the Snapdragon 870. However, Dimensity 8100-powered devices managed to steal the first top […]

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Controversial Samsung ad for women leads to outrage online

It’s not uncommon for big companies to miss the mark with their advertisements. They often get pitched ideas by their agencies that may look good on paper, but the underlying concept tends to be flawed. When that ad is released and it starts being criticized, it ends up making the company look out of touch […]

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Samsung leads with a 24% share in a falling global smartphone market

The best Samsung phones have certainly helped the company retain its lead in an otherwise lacklustre global smartphone market. Research firm Canalys reports that global smartphone shipments are down 11% in Q1 2022 due to an overall unfavorable economic climate and slow demand. Despite that, Samsung was able to increase its market share this past […]

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CR: Total smartphone revenues in 2021 reached $448 billion, Apple leads the way

The latest Counterpoint Research report is taking a look at the revenues generated by smartphone makers for the past year. Smartphone vendors generated a total of $448 billion in revenues for 2021 which represents a 7% increase compared to the values for 2020. The average smartphone selling price (ASP) grew by 12% on the yearly […]

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