Huawei, Oppo See increase in Q1 2016 as global smartphone Shipments Fall: strategy Analytics

consistent with the Q1 2016 smartphone shipments and marketplace proportion document with the aid of method Analytics, Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi saw a rise in market share year-on-year in the first quarter, whilst the other two smartphone manufacturers inside the top 5 – Apple and Samsung – saw a drop. method Analytics says that at the same time as Samsung retained its most fulfilling function in phrases phone shipments, it saw a drop of three.7 million gadgets shipped 12 months-on-year – with seventy nine million smartphones shipped. it is marketplace…

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India’s Nascent E-Commerce Market Likely to Draw Global, Local Players

Craigslist could learn a thing or two from Quikr. The Indian equivalent of the free classifieds service publishes product ratings, handles payments and shipping and crucially releases payment only after a buyer gives their purchase a once-over and a virtual thumbs-up. In so doing, the site that lists for sale everything from smartphones to cars is trying to solve problems familiar to every local flea-market bargain-hunter: the typically loud and messy business of haggling, unwieldy transport, and a distrust of smaller merchants. The app’s manifold services illustrate the extent to…

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Global Smartphone Market Growth to Be Lowest Ever in 2016 – Gartner

Global smartphone sales are expected to grow in single digits in percentage terms for the first time ever and PC shipments are forecast to decline in 2016, according to research firm Gartner Inc. Gartner said on Thursday it expected smartphone sales to grow only 7 percent to 1.5 billion units in 2016 from 2015, stunted by flat sales in the crucial China and North America markets. “The double-digit growth era for the global smartphone market has come to an end,” Ranjit Atwal, research director, was quoted as saying in Gartner’s…

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Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge Global Launch Announced

Samsung announced its newest Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, as expected, will be going on sale in almost 60 countries including Australia, Europe, Korea, Singapore, and the US starting Friday. Ahead of the commercial launch, Samsung had revealed that it received “stronger than expected” pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Koh Dong-jin, President of Samsung’s Handsets Business, had also expected that the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge would help the company revive sales in markets such as China where in recent years Apple has…

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