Xiaomi usurps Fitbit as king of the wearables
Global wearables shipments reached 21.6 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a steady 8% increase from the same period in 2016.
Global wearables shipments reached 21.6 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a steady 8% increase from the same period in 2016.
Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi reckons it shipped 23.16 smartphones in Q2 2017, a 58% increase on the same period a year ago.
Nokia’s Chinese whispers continue with the announcement of a business collaboration agreement with Xiaomi, which includes some smartphone patent cross-licensing.
The Q1 2017 global smartphone shipment numbers are out and they show solid growth with nearly all coming from Chinese vendors, largely from their domestic market.
With artificial intelligence proving to be the new go-to buzzword for marketers in 2017, Salesforce, IBM, Google and Xiaomi have all stepped up efforts in a variety of different ways.
Xiaomi VP of International Hugo Barra has announced on Facebook he will be leaving the smartphone brand after Chinese New Year celebrations in February.
A refreshing admission in these frenetic times see Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi admit that its thirst for growth started to become counter-productive.
The global smartphone market just about dragged itself back to growth on the second quarter, according to Strategy Analytics, and now that the dust has settled here are the full collated vendor numbers.
Microsoft’s orderly retreat from mobile devices is turning into a rout with the news that it has sold nearly 1,500 technology patents to Chinese devices company Xiaomi.
The Q4 2015 smartphone shipment numbers point to an industry at an advanced stage of maturity struggling to find its next growth driver.
As the race for leadership of the wearables market entered the third quarter, Fitbit is still leading the field, having doubled it sales but Xiaomi is emerging as a strong challenger to Apple in smart watches.
Mobile chip maker Qualcomm has signed a 3G and 4G China patent licence agreement with Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi – but its licensing bounty may come under strict scrutiny.
Smartphone market leader Samsung has refreshed its phablet range, with a supersized version of the Edge, while Chinese rival Xiaomi has matched it with the launch of the Redmi Note 2.
The latest numbers from Kantar reveal Apple gained smartphone market share in all five of Europe’s big country markets, with the only negative a decline in the US.
Chinese mobile tech company Xiaomi has announced its smartphone sales numbers for the first half of 2015 and they’re up an impressive 33% on the same period a year ago.
The latest Kantar data for the quarter up to the end of May 2015 revealed Samsung reclaimed the number one smartphone vendor spot from Apple in that time.
Korean tech giant Samsung sold 6 million units of its new Galaxy S6 flagship smartphone, which was an improvement on last year, according to analyst firm Counterpoint Research.
Disruptive Chinese mobile player Xiaomi is taking its first tentative steps into western markets this week, but initially only selling accessories, not handsets.
Analyst house IDC has published its Q1 2015 China smartphone shipment numbers and they reveal some seismic shift in the world’s largest smartphone market.
Samsung announced its quarterly earnings overnight and Strategy Analytics wasted little time in publishing its initial global smartphone vendor share numbers. They revealed Samsung has reclaimed the number one spot outright, but with a diminished share compared to the same quarter a year ago.
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