Growth slows in cloud services market but AI looms
The global market for cloud infrastructure services continued to show significant growth in the second quarter of the year, albeit at a lower rate than it did in Q1, according to new analyst data.
The global market for cloud infrastructure services continued to show significant growth in the second quarter of the year, albeit at a lower rate than it did in Q1, according to new analyst data.
The global smartphone market continued to decline in the second quarter of the year, according to new data, but analysts are optimistic that it may soon turn a corner.
Smartphones shipments are still on the decline globally and, although an uptick is in sight, vendors still need to tread carefully, analysts say.
The global smartphone market is showing signs of stabilising, but it continued to shrink in the first quarter of this year, according to new analyst data.
Canalys figures clock a 33% drop in global shipments of desktops and notebooks during Q1 2022, the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit decline.
Analyst Gartner predicts that worldwide shipments of PCs, tablets and mobile will drop 4.4% this year, which would mean the second consecutive year of decline. But there is perhaps some light at the end of the tunnel.
Preliminary stats from Canalys suggest the global smartphone market had a year to forget in 2022.
The PC market had a downright dismal end to 2022, and there could be worse to come in 2023.
The worldwide smartphone market has declined for the third consecutive quarter, falling 9% year-on-year, according to analyst firm Canalys, which marks the worst Q3 since 2014.
Spending growth in China’s cloud infrastructure market fell below 20 percent for the first time ever in Q2 2022.
While shipments in the LatAm region are down 2.5% YoY, the global year-on-year decline is a more eye watering 9%, according to figures from Canalys.
According to Canalys 35.4 million smartphones shipped in North America during Q2 2022, down 6.4% year-on-year amid ongoing global economic strife.
Analyst firm Canalys has published its preliminary numbers for the global smartphone market in Q2 2022 and once more they paint a challenging picture.
The latest European smartphone shipment data from analyst firm Canalys reveals the impact of the Ukrainian conflict.
Smartphone shipments in North America clocked in at 39 million units in Q1 2022, contrasting with Chinese figures which have taken a nosedive.
Global smartphone shipments fell 11% in Q1 2022 amid ‘unfavourable economic conditions and sluggish seasonal demand’.
Smartphone shipments are expected to bounce back this year as the pandemic eases, but component supply issues will limit the recovery.
All the US tech giants had a spectacular quarter, but Amazon’s continuing dominance of the booming public cloud market sets it apart.
Despite there being aggressive marketing campaigns to drive awareness of 5G, Canalys suggests uptake of the devices has been modest best.
Estimates from rival analyst firms might contradict these figures, but Canalys is suggesting Huawei has overtaken Samsung as the worlds most popular smartphone brand.