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More people are interested in buying tablets, according to latest shipment numbers

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:10:02 +0000

The latest shipment numbers reveal that the tablet market is on the rise, and more people are interested in buying the big screen. Read more...

Apple Watch is struggling for the top spot despite global market growth

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 24 May 2025 08:16:01 +0000

Xiaomi defeated Apple Watch for the top spot in the global wearable market, which saw a double-digit increase. Read more...

Apple's iPad shipments grew in 2024, but its market share fell

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:10:01 +0000

Apple saw its iPad shipments grow in 2024 to 56.9 million shipments, up from 54 million units in 2023. Despite this, Apple's market share in the tablet sector fell from 40% to 38.6%. Read more...

US PC market eyes 2% annual growth for the next two years

Paul Hill — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:16:01 +0000

The US PC market is expected to grow at a slower pace over the next two years, according to analyst firm Canalys, with tariffs being a contributing factor. Read more...

AI-capable PCs made up 20% of shipments during Q3 2024

Paul Hill — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:04:01 +0000

AI-capable PCs made up 20% of PC shipments during the third quarter. Around 13.3 million units were shipped, with Windows devices making up 53% of them. Read more...

Samsung and Apple lead third quarter smartphone shipments

Paul Hill — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:44:01 +0000

Samsung and Apple lead the pack when it came to smartphone shipments during the third quarter. Samsung was bolstered by entry-level devices and Apple by iPhone 16 shipments. Read more...

Earphone manufacturers have been getting very creative in response to the competition

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 07:02:01 +0000

Vendors of earphones and other audio products are increasingly getting more creative with the features they include to stand out during a price war and increased competitiveness, Canalys has said. Read more...

Canalys: Global smartphone market on the up for a third consecutive quarter

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:30:01 +0000

Smartphone shipments have grown for a third consecutive quarter, according to Canalys. Shipments expanded by 12% year over year, reaching 288 million units. Disinflation was a main cause. Read more...

Report: Windows 10 end of life is expected to boost PC sales in the US

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:48:02 +0000

The US PC market grew by 5% YoY to 14.8 million shipments in Q1 2024, according to a new report. It is expected that the Windows 10 end-of-cycle will boost PC sales over the next quarters. Read more...

Wearable bands set to be popular this year with shipment growth of 5% predicted

Paul Hill — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:12:01 +0000

Canalys has predicted that wearable bands will grow this year and next, thanks to interest in basic watches and smartwatches. The basic band category, however, will see two annual declines. Read more...

Report: Tablet shipments grew a modest 1% during the first quarter

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 May 2024 10:30:01 +0000

Worldwide tablet shipments grew by 1% during the first quarter after four consecutive quarters of decline year-over-year. Apple managed to hold its top spot but saw a significant decline. Read more...

Global smartphone market returns to double digit growth

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:32:01 +0000

Smartphone global shipments have reached double digit growth for the first time since 2021. The biggest winner year-over-year in Q1 was Transsion followed by Xiaomi, the popular Chinese manufacturer. Read more...

Generative AI ignites cloud spending: Global market set to jump 20%, Microsoft chases AWS

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:16:01 +0000

Canalys has forecasted that global cloud spending will increase by 20% this year to around $348 billion. The growth is largely going to be driven by investments into generative AI. Read more...

Apple bites back: regains the lead in European smartphone market during Q4 2023

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:14:01 +0000

Apple has overtaken Samsung in phone shipments in Europe, according to the analyst firm Canalys. The iPhone maker tends to do well in the fourth quarter each year but this is the first time it leads. Read more...

Smartphone market shows signs of recovery in Q4 2023

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:00:01 +0000

The analyst company Canalys has revealed that smartphone shipments were up year-over-year in the final quarter of 2023. It said that this stabilization could represent the start of a recovery. Read more...

Global PC market set to see 8% growth in 2024

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:40:02 +0000

The analyst firm Canalys has predicted that the global PC market will grow by 8% in 2024 following seven consecutive quarters of decline in 2022 and 2023. Growth is also predicted in Q4 2023. Read more...

US PC shipment declines slowed in the second quarter

Paul Hill — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 03:40:01 +0000

PC shipments in the United States have declined by just 6.0% in the second quarter, according to Canalys. Education's demand for Chromebooks has helped to bolster numbers. Apple saw strong figures. Read more...

Microsoft Azure grew 26% year-over-year during Q2 2023

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:38:01 +0000

Microsoft Azure managed to grow 26% during the second quarter year-over-year. At that growth rate, it did better than Amazon Web Services but was behind Google Cloud which grew by 31%. Read more...

Tablet shipments decline in Q2 while Chromebooks stay resilient

Paul Hill — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 20:52:01 +0000

Tablets fell sharply in the second quarter year-over-year while Chromebooks were pretty flat. The position of Chromebooks was described as resilient given the current market conditions. Read more...

Smartphone market showing early signs of recovery, says Canalys

Paul Hill — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:26:01 +0000

Canalys says that the smartphone market is finally showing signs of an early recovery. Shipments have declined every quarter starting in the first quarter of 2022 but now there are recovery signs. Read more...

Global PC market decline slows, says Canalys

Paul Hill — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 21:22:01 +0000

Global PC shipments only declined by 11.5% year-over-year in the second quarter compared to the two prior quarters where shipments fell by more than 30% each quarter. This could lead to a recovery. Read more...

Microsoft cybersecurity revenue grows 32.3% year-over-year

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has seen a 32% increase in revenue in its cybersecurity business in the first quarter year-over-year, according to Canalys. It was in the top three companies examined in terms of growth. Read more...

Western European PC shipments were down in Q1, but growth is on the horizon

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 09:20:01 +0000

PC shipments fell in Western Europe by 37% in Q1 but Canalys believes things could start to turn around in the remainder of the year and into 2024 as people finally start thinking about PC upgrades. Read more...

US PC market may have bottomed out, recovery predicted in Q4

Paul Hill — Wed, 31 May 2023 00:30:01 +0000

The PC market in the United States has bottomed out, according to Canalys. The analyst company said that it expects to see some sort of recovery take place in the fourth quarter of this year. Read more...

Tablet shipments fell to lowest levels since start of pandemic, Apple grew its market share

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 May 2023 15:18:01 +0000

Tablet shipments worldwide have fallen to their lowest level since the start of the pandemic. This was exacerbated by the inflation the world is seeing and people spending on necessaries. Read more...

Report: Global smartphone market declines for the fifth time in line

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:30:02 +0000

Apple and Samsung are in close competition in the race to grab the biggest market share. However, overall the global smartphone market has declined again, according to research firm Canalys. Read more...

Analysts claim global PC shipments went down as much as 33 percent in Q1 2023

John Callaham — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:26:01 +0000

IDC says global PC shipments went down 29 percent in Q1 2023 compared to the same quarter a year ago, while Canalys claims the number was even worse, going down 33 percent in the quarter. Read more...

Forecaster says Western Europe's PC market decline bottomed in the first quarter

Paul Hill — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:10:01 +0000

The analyst company Canalys believes that Western Europe's PC market has bottomed out in terms of declines. Further declines are expected this year, but won't be as steep as the one in Q1'23. Read more...

The cybersecurity market grew 15.9% year-over-year, Microsoft grew 38.6% in the space

Paul Hill — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:32:01 +0000

Canalys has revealed that the cybersecurity market grew year-over-year in the third quarter, despite worsening economic conditions. Nevertheless, small-to-medium businesses tightened their spending. Read more...

PC shipments in the U.S. fell during the third quarter, says Canalys

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 05:00:01 +0000

The analyst firm, Canalys, has said U.S. PC shipments fell by 12.1% in the third quarter compared to the same period the year before. It said business demand had been falling during the period. Read more...

PC shipments fall by almost a fifth in Western Europe during the second quarter

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:28:01 +0000

Canalys has reported that PC sales declined during the second quarter due to supply chain issues in China and lower demand from customers. The higher cost of living could see sales stay lower. Read more...

Xiaomi takes a beating in SE Asia with 34% decline in shipments year-over-year

Paul Hill — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:04:01 +0000

Canalys data for the Southeast Asian region has found that Xiaomi saw a sharp decline in smartphone shipments in the second quarter year-over-year. Samsung was the only firm to increase shipments. Read more...

Canalys says smartphone customers are shifting their focus from the mid- to low-end

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:34:01 +0000

Customers are moving from the mid- to low-end smartphone market for their new devices as economic pressure tightens budgets. The findings were uncovered by the analyst firm Canalys. Read more...

Xiaomi beats Apple to become the world's second-largest smartphone maker

Chandrakant Isi — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:56:01 +0000

In Q2 2021, Samsung held onto its top position with a 19 percent market share. Thanks to its 83 percent growth, Xiaomi surpassed Apple to claim the second spot with 17 percent share. Read more...

Component shortage fails to slow PC growth in Western Europe, says Canalys

Paul Hill — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:28:01 +0000

The analyst firm Canalys has said sales of PC in Western Europe were up 48% in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2020. The sales were driven by people having to work from home. Read more...

Chromebooks saw 275% growth in 1Q21 according to Canalys

Paul Hill — Tue, 04 May 2021 23:58:01 +0000

The analyst firm Canalys has revealed Chromebooks have been one of the main drivers of PC sales after reporting a 275% growth in 1Q21. It also said that the tablet market has been performing well. Read more...

Canalys: Global PC shipment grew by 55% in Q1 2021 despite the ongoing chip shortage

Mehrotra A — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:02:01 +0000

Analyst firm Canalys has published a new report showing a 55% increase in PC shipments in Q1. The numbers were led by Lenovo securing 25% of the market and was followed by HP, Dell, Apple and Acer. Read more...

Cybersecurity: Canalys warns of “mass extinction” of businesses

Paul Hill — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:02:01 +0000

The analyst firm Canalys has warned that firms are not spending enough money on cybersecurity. It highlighted that security breaches were higher than even last year so firms need to be prepared. Read more...

Canalys: 3.5 million L2 autonomous vehicles sold in Q420

Paul Hill — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:10:01 +0000

Canalys has said that Level 2 autonomous cars are finally becoming mainstream. In the United States, they've reached a penetration level of 30%. Globally sales hit 11.2 million in 2020. Read more...

Canalys: Global PC market saw 25% YoY growth in 4Q20

Paul Hill — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:26:01 +0000

Canalys has reported that the PC market saw 25% growth YoY in 4Q20. The market also had a great 2020 in general as people sought out new computers to help them work from home during the pandemic. Read more...