• Apple Battling iPhone Sales Decline amid Strong Global Smartphone Market

    As the global smartphone market expands, Apple faces a challenging period with sales declining in almost every market globally. The Company's iPhone sales are down about 10 percent in the first three months of 2024.

  • Asia And Europe Markets Mixed, Gold Hovers Around $2,350 - Global Markets Today While US Slept

    On Monday, May 14th, U.S. stock markets closed mixed. After three

  • Sony Appears Done With US Smartphone Market

    Sony made their latest flagship phone official this week and you probably didn’t realize it. Not only was the timing bad (it was Google I/O’s week), but they have apparently decided that the US is no longer a space they want to participate in when it comes to expensive smartphones. The Sony Xperia 1 VI … Continued Read the original post: Sony Appears Done With US Smartphone Market

  • Samsung Tops Apple In Q1 Global Smartphone Shipments

    Samsung Tops Apple In Q1 Global Smartphone Shipments While not quite a duopoly, Apple and Samsung have long been known to produce the most popular smartphones from a global perspective. Over the past years, however, Chinese tech companies have started catching up and, at times, even overtaking Apple's iPhone product lines. In the following chart, based on data from the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Statista's Florian Zandt shows that between January and March 2024, roughly...

  • Analysts believe SpaceX's Starlink internet service is finally profitable

    Starlink's estimated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of $3.8 billion and a cash flow of around $600 million. The satellite market research company Quilty Space recently stated that SpaceX's internet service venture, Starlink, has now turned profitable, surpassing negative expectations previously voiced by many industry veterans.Read Entire Article

  • Counterpoint: smartphone market in India is shifting towards more premium models

    The smartphone market in India is booming – Counterpoint reports consumers are shifting towards more premium models as consumers look for phones that can game, run AI and capture higher quality images. Affordable financing schemes and trade-in offers are also driving the move to pricier tiers. The premium smartphone segment (>₹30,000) has reached its highest-ever share by volume at 20%. Looking at the share by value, this segment accounts for 51% – that is to say that more than half the money...

  • Tablet market finally sees a modest growth in Q1 2024

    A new Canalys tablet market research just came out, showing a modest 1% growth for Q1 2024. While the small recovery is nothing to write home about, analysts believe it's a signal for a future trend throughout 2024, as this is the first quarter with a positive movement, following four consecutive quarters of year-on-year decline. The main driving force is believed to be recovering consumer spending and the stabilization of the global economy. Moreover, analysts expect a good year for tablets...

  • Retirement warning as global 'market volatility' could hurt 'value of pensions'

    Older Britons are being warned that recent global events could be impacting the “value of some pensions”.Experts from PensionBee are urging pensioners to take action to make sure their retirement

  • Retirement warning as global 'market volatility' could hurt 'value of pensions'

    Older Britons are being warned that recent global events could be impacting the “value of some pensions”.Experts from PensionBee are urging pensioners to take action to make sure their retirement

  • Bitcoin Slump Triggers Warning of ‘Trouble Ahead’ for Global Markets

    Bitcoin’s tumble is piquing the interest of investors who view pronounced swings in the digital token as a possible precursor for broader changes in risk appetite in global markets. The cryptocurrency has shed about 4% in the past two days following a near 16% plunge in April, the worst monthly drop since Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX […]

  • Saudi Arabia among top 20 global car markets

    Saudi Gazette report. RIYADH — The Saudi car market has solidified its

  • Apple maintains US market share as smartphone demand continues to weaken

    New research claims that US smartphone shipments have declined 8% year over year, yet Apple's iPhone has stayed steady at 52% of the market. Delays over Apple's iPhone 14 saw its sales boost come late, which has now affected yearly comparisons Even if 52% of the market really does not constitute a monopoly, figures from Counterpoint Research say the market is shrinking. As well as the 8% drop between Q1 2023 and Q1 2024, the US smartphone market has now declined for six consecutive...