Despite a challenging global economic climate, the smartphone industry continued to demonstrate resilience in the second quarter of 2024. According to the latest data from International Data Corporation (IDC), the overall market experienced a modest growth of 6.5% compared to the same period last year. While the industry as a …
Read More »Smartphone Industry Bets Big on Gen AI for Future Market Dominance
The global smartphone market, which saw a 6.5% growth to 285.4 million units in the second quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, is gearing up for another significant transformation. Industry analysts and tech giants are increasingly betting on Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) as the next …
Read More »Samsung Topples Apple, Ships 60.3 Million Smartphones in Three Months
Samsung has shipped about 60.3 million units of smartphones during the first three months of 2023, thereby leading the smartphone shipment chart for the first quarter, of 2023. Although the mobile company shipment dropped by 18 per cent amidst the ongoing challenging smartphone market landscape when compared to the same …
Read More »OPPO Showcases Future Smart Lifestyles with a Series of Living Innovations at MWC2023
Actively meeting sustainable development goals, OPPO showcased a range of its latest innovative technologies at Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC2023). During the event, OPPO not only showed a selection of flagship devices including the pocketable OPPO Find N2 Flip, but also introduces a number of industry-leading innovations based on its …
Read More »OPPO Nigeria Unveils OPPO A96, Mid-Range Smartphone
OPPO Nigeria, Wednesday, launched OPPO A96 in Nigeria. OPPO A96 is equipped with the 5000mAh long-lasting battery and 33W SUPERVOOC flash charging, complemented by the OPPO Glow Design that allows the phone to be scratch and fingerprint resistant, 6.59-inch 90Hz Colour-Rich Punch-Hole Display with 96% NTSC wide color gamut that …
Read More »Oppo Unveils Air Glass, AI Smart Glasses
Oppo has this week unveiled its new augmented reality (AR) wearable in the form of the Oppo Air Glass which will be launching first in China early next year. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4100 processor the wearable device uses AR technology 2 display imagery. This was unveiled when Oppo held another …
Read More »Samsung Retains Top Spot as Best Selling Smartphone in Africa as TECNO, Xiaomi Close Gap
A new market analysis firm has confirmed Samsung as the best-selling smartphone in the MEA (Middle East and Africa) region in Q2 2021. The report titled – Counterpoint Research Market Pulse, June 2021 – revealed that the company boosted market spending at the start of the year, leading to good …
Read More »Africa’s Smartphone Market Grows 14% YoY, Hits 53.3 Million Units in Q1 2021
Newly released data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa’s overall smartphone market enjoyed year-on-year (YoY) growth of 14.0% in Q1 2021 to total 53.3 million units. The region’s smartphone market grew 16.8% over the same period to 23.4 million units, while the feature phone market was …
Read More »Global Smartphone Shipments Surge by 24% YoY to 340 Million Units in Q1 2021
The latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments were 340 million units in Q1 2021, up +24% YoY representing the highest growth since 2015. The smartphone market rebound was driven by the healthy demand of consumers with ageing devices and a phenomenal 5G push from Chinese vendors. Linda Sui, …
Read More »OPPO Mobile’s All-round Powerful 5G Flagship to be launched @ Online Conference
The world-leading smart device brand OPPO today announced the launch of its all-round 5G flagship Find X2 series. The much-anticipated global launch will be hosted online on OPPO’s YouTube channel as the official launch which was due to take place in Barcelona alongside the MWC event in late February was …
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