Electronics Industry News
Gartner report sees worldwide PC shipments up 4.4% in second quarter of 2025
Gartner’s latest report finds worldwide PC shipments reached over 63 million units in the second quarter of 2025, a 4.4% increase from second quarter of 2024. “In the second quarter of 2025, enterprise demand outpaced consumer demand, underpinned by Windows 11...
IDC’s latest report predicts worldwide smartphone sales will grow only 0.6% in 2025
IDC’s latest report predicts worldwide smartphone shipments will grow by 0.6% year over year in 2025 to 1.4 billion units. The current forecast is a reduction from February’s forecast of 2.3% growth for 2025. The report cites high economic uncertainty, tariff...
IDC predicts tablet and PC growth in 2025 despite looming tariffs
IDC’s latest report predicts global PC and tablet volume will reach $274 million, an increase after seeing strong results in Q1 2025, despite facing significant impact from tariffs. Following 2025, IDC forecasts a decline, partly due to Windows 11 Migration creating...
PC market sees modest growth in 2024 despite high cost of AI PCs deterring consumer demand
Gartner, Inc has released a report finding the PC market is showing modest growth for the fifth consecutive quarter, with worldwide PC shipments increasing 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, worldwide PC shipments reached 64.4 million...
Global smartphone market sees growth in 2024 after two consecutive years of decline
Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse report finds the global smartphone market returned to growth in 2024, following two consecutive years of market decline. According to report findings, global smartphone sales grew 4% year over year in 2024, while smartphone sales...
IDC report finds China leading global smartphone and wrist-worn device market, predictions for growth in 2025
IDC’s latest Worldwide Wearables Quarterly Tracker reports China leads global growth with 45.8 million units of wrist-worn devices shipped in the first three quarters of 2024. The global wrist-worn device market shipped 139.0 million units in the first three...
Pinwheel offers child safe smartphones to parents in the UK
As one of the top-rated smartphones deemed child safe in the United States, Pinwheel offers a smartphone to young users with access to popular features like texting, video calls, photo sharing and the use of age-appropriate apps. Built in parental controls block...
Global tablet shipments increase by 20.4% in third quarter of 2024
Data from International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker shows that global tablet shipments grew 20.4% in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24), a total of 39.6 million units. Sales in 2023 were not promising, but there is...
International data corporation reports on global smartphone shipments increase in 3Q24
The latest report from International Data Corporations (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker finds global smartphone shipments have increased 4.0% year over year to 316.1 million units in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24). This is the fifth consecutive quarter...
Gartner Inc. predicts worldwide IT spending to increase by 7.5% in 2024
Gartner Inc.’s latest research report forecasts global IT spending to increase by 7.5% in 2024, totaling $5.26 trillion. As Generative AI makes its way into all technological segments and subsegments, some software companies see GenAI as more of a tax than a gain....