PC shipments in the US dipped 12% in Q3 despite attractive promotions
The huge photo: Domestic shipments of desktops, notebooks and workstations collectively dipped 12 percent in the 3rd quarter of 2022, from 20.3 million units in Q3 2021 to 17.8 million models in the most current 3-month period. Amongst them, notebooks…
Samsung led smartphone shipments for 2021, beating out Apple
Samsung released the Galaxy S21 FE earlier this month. Lisa Eadicicco/CNET Companies shipped 1.35 billion smartphones in 2021, a 5.7% increase over the previous year, market researcher IDC said Thursday. However, supply chain issues meant that fewer…
Samsung tops the smartphone market in 2021 with 272 million shipments
Source: Nick Sutrich / Android Central Samsung shipped the most number of smartphones worldwide in 2021 with 272 million units sold that year, according to a new report from the International Data Corporation. The South Korean tech giant grabbed the top…
Smartphone Shipments Declined in the Fourth Quarter But 2021 Was Still a Growth Year with a 5.7% Increase in Shipments, According to IDC
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21) marking the second straight quarter of negative growth. Despite a challenging second half of the year, full-year shipments still grew thanks to a strong first…
Samsung led smartphone shipments for 2021, beating out Apple, research says
Lisa Eadicicco/CNET Around 1.35 billion smartphones were shipped in 2021, according to IDC’s quarterly mobile phone tracker. Overall, fewer smartphones were shipped in the final quarter of 2021 compared to Q4 2020 but overall, more were shipped…
Apple’s Mac shipments grow at double the rate of the PC market overall
The PC market ended 2021 strongly, as fourth-quarter shipments exceeded 90 million for the second straight year while Apple’s Mac shipments grows double the rate of the PC market overall. Apple’s 14- and 16-inch Apple Silicon-powered MacBook Pro models…
PC Shipments Faced Tough Fourth Quarter, but Pandemic Supplies a Brace
Shortages and bottlenecks weighed on personal-computer shipments in the fourth quarter, but the pandemic-induced revival of the PC market is expected to continue, according to industry data. International Data Corp. and Canalys said PC shipments in the…
2021 Mac shipments grew twice as fast as overall PC shipments
A new report shows that 2021 Mac shipments grew almost twice as fast as the PC market as a whole. Annual growth for Mac was 28.3%, against 14.6% for the global PC market. The impressive result was of course strongly driven by sales of the M1 Pro and M1…
Global PC shipments hit highest volume since 2012
Computer shipments reached 341 million units for all of 2021, a jump of 15% from the previous year, says Canalys. Image: asiandelight, Getty Images/iStockphoto The PC industry was the recipient of another banner year as the effects of the coronavirus…
Despite Chip Shortage, 2021 Was a Surprisingly Good Year for PC Shipments
Last year, the chip shortage may have prevented some consumers from scoring certain laptop models or graphics cards. But the supply troubles weren’t enough to stop the PC market from growing to a level not seen in almost a decade. In 2021, vendors…