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Bulky VR headsets face steep decline as smart glasses take over the XR market

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:28:01 +0000

Heavy virtual reality gear is losing its appeal as consumers move toward more comfortable alternatives, leaving legacy headsets in the dust. Read more...

The AR/VR market rebounded in 2024, but forecast suggests 2025 growth pause

Paul Hill — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:22:01 +0000

After two years of decline, the augmented reality and virtual reality market saw a resurgence in 2024. Read more...

Smartphone market rebounded after two years of decline, but Apple failed to take advantage

Hamid Ganji — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:00:01 +0000

The global smartphone market could finally recover from the post-pandemic decline, with affordable Android smartphones gaining the most traction. Read more...

Apple shipped around 800,000 fewer watches year-over-year during the second quarter

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:04:01 +0000

Apple has shipped around 800,000 fewer smartwatches during Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023. New devices this month could boost shipments though. Read more...

IDC: Traditional PC market grew 3% in the second quarter

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 04:46:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has reported that the traditional PC market grew by 3% in the second quarter. It said the growth was 5% if you exclude China where the segment is still struggling. Read more...

Global PC shipments finally return to growth and pre-pandemic volumes

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 03:24:01 +0000

IDC has reported positive PC shipments for the first time in years. It also said that shipment volumes have reached levels not seen since 2019. It comes as firms begin to push AI PCs. Read more...

Gaming PC shipments suffered in 2023, this is what's expected in 2024

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:16:01 +0000

IDC has outlined its forecast for gaming PCs and monitors. In 2023, gaming monitors did well and growth is expected to continue in 2024. Gaming PCs performed poorly in 2023, read on to see about 2024. Read more...

PC shipments fell almost 9% in 2023 according to data from IDC

Paul Hill — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:36:02 +0000

IDC is predicting that 2024 and 2025 will be very good years for PC shipments as individuals and businesses seek to migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11 before the prior expires in October 2025. Read more...

GenAI PCs and smartphones to capture a fifth of their respective markets this year

Paul Hill — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:36:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has said that GenAI smartphones and AI PCs will capture 22% of the market share in their respective markets by the end of 2024. This will boost the capabilities of devices. Read more...

Tablet shipments crumble to lowest level since 2011

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:16:01 +0000

Tablet shipments have fallen to their lowest levels since 2011, according to analyst firm IDC. It said that Apple had been hit the hardest in Q4 2023 compared to 2022, losing almost 7% market share. Read more...

GenAI could make software much less buggy by 2028 with better unit tests

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 05:48:01 +0000

Generative AI will be creating most unit tests of software projects in just four years, according to the analyst firm IDC. This could lead to the creation of better tests and consequently better apps. Read more...

Generative AI set to takeover "mundane" SEO by 2027

Paul Hill — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:40:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has outlined how it believes generative AI will be used to take over 30% of work in the marketing sector. It could be used to replace reptitive or boring work like SEO. Read more...

Enterprise GenAI spending to increase 73% annually for the next five years

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:04:01 +0000

Enterprise generative AI spending will experience blistering compound annual growth of 73% between now and 2027, according to IDC. Spending in 2027 will reach $143 billion up from $16 billion in 2023. Read more...

Wearable shipments returned to growth in the second quarter, says IDC

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:46:01 +0000

Wearable shipments grew in the second quarter following two quarters of decline. Smartwatches saw the most year-over-year growth during the second quarter but hearables had the highest market share. Read more...

Gaming monitors return to growth while gaming PCs decline, says IDC

Paul Hill — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:38:02 +0000

The analyst company IDC has forecast that gaming PC shipments will decline in 2023 while gaming monitors will grow. Things are expected to improve for gaming PCs in the coming years, however. Read more...

PC shipments continue to disappoint, but there is hope for 2024

Mehrotra A — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 05:08:02 +0000

IDC has released a report that shows a further decline in PC shipments, which is in line with the expectations at the beginning of the year. However, the company hopes to see an improvement next year. Read more...

IDC significantly lowers quantum computing forecast as AI advances rapidly

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:30:01 +0000

IDC has lowered its quantum computer spending forecasts. It now says spending will reach $7.6 billion in 2027. In a previous analysis in 2021, it stated that spending would hit $8.6 billion. 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...

Microsoft top in public cloud services market in 2022, says IDC

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:38:01 +0000

Microsoft saw the most public cloud services revenue in 2022, according to the analyst IDC. It said that Microsoft held 16.8% of the market share compared to AWS' 13.5% market share. Read more...

Cloud infrastructure demand down but revenues up, says IDC

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:32:02 +0000

IDC has revealed that cloud computing infrastructure spending rose during the first quarter despite the fact that cloud infrastructure unit demand was down by 11.4%. It put this down to inflation. Read more...

IoT expected to be a trillion-dollar market in 2026, says IDC

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:16:01 +0000

The analyst company IDC has predicted that spending on IoT will surpass one trillion dollars in 2026. It said the market will have a 10.4% compound annual growth rate between now and 2027. Read more...

Apple holds strong in a rotten market: smartphone shipments sink globally

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 03:28:01 +0000

Smartphone shipments globally have declined 14.6% in the first quarter year-over-year. IDC said inventory is still pretty full but good work is being done to help sell these devices to customers. 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...

IDC lowers worldwide IT spending forecast for fifth month due to worsening global economy

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:54:01 +0000

IDC has revised worldwide IT spending growth for the fifth consecutive month. It now expects growth of 4.4%, down from 4.5% last month and 6% last October, due to inflation and higher interest rates. Read more...

Global shipments of foldable phones forecast to grow more than 50% compared to 2022

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:42:01 +0000

IDC is predicting foldable smartphone shipments will increase by more than 50% this year compared to 2022. It said between 2022 and 2027, it expects to see a compound annual growth rate of 27.6%. Read more...

Gaming PC and monitor shipments could be poor in 2023

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:50:02 +0000

Shipments of gaming PCs and gaming monitors could be slow this year according to IDC. It comes following 2022 when shipments of these products contracted for the first time since 2016. Read more...

Wearable device shipments predicted to return to growth this year after 2022 contraction

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:02 +0000

IDC is saying that wearable device shipments will return to growth this year following their first contraction in 2022. It'll be interesting to see if this holds up given the state of the economy. Read more...

AR/VR headsets set for slower growth this year, but could heat up through 2027

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 22:54:02 +0000

IDC has forecasted that VR and AR headsets will experience lower growth in 2023 than previously expected. Through 2027, however, the sector is expected to see 32.6% growth each year. Read more...

PC monitor shipments hit a record low in Q4'22, recovery due in 2024

Paul Hill — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:38:01 +0000

IDC has said that monitor shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022 were at their lowest level since 2008 when the company first began tracking them. A slight recovery is expected to start in 2024. Read more...

Cyberattacks set to grow security investments by 12.1% this year

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:42:01 +0000

Cyberattacks and other factors will help to push up security spending this year by 12.1% to $219 billion, according to a forecast by IDC. The spending includes investments in hardware and software. Read more...

IDC: Spending on AI-centric systems to rise 26.9% this year

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:24:01 +0000

IDC is forecasting a 26.9% rise in AI spending in 2023. It has projected out until 2026 too and believes that the spending will rise from $154 billion in 2023 to more than $300 billion in 2026. Read more...

IDC expects PC shipments to decline 4.2% year-over-year in 2023

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 22:40:01 +0000

IDC has said that worldwide PC shipments will decline by 4.2% this year. It said shipments in 2022 started off well but deteriorated by the end of the year. It expects a recovery in 2024 and 2025. Read more...

Global smartphone shipments expected to see decline this year to 1.19 billion units

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:34:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has revised its estimates of global smartphone shipment growth this year from +2.8% to -1.1%. A recovery will now not take place until 2024. It also expects prices to fall. Read more...

IDC: Worldwide smartphone shipments plunged to lowest since 2013

Justin Luna — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 06:28:01 +0000

Global smartphone shipments have shrunk in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to marketing intelligence firm IDC. The total smartphone shipment in 2022 is also the lowest since 2013. Read more...

IDC: PC shipments dropped by 28% in the 4th quarter of 2022

Justin Luna — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 04:32:01 +0000

Global PC shipments have continued to decline, according to market intelligence firm IDC. Despite this, the company reports that the shipments in 4Q22 were well above pre-pandemic levels. Read more...

Used smartphone demand soars in 2022, expected to continue through 2026

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 02:26:01 +0000

IDC has said used and refurbished phones grew to 282.6 million in 2022, that's several tens of millions higher than in 2021. In the coming years, it expects demand for second-hand phones to rise more. Read more...

Bad economic conditions knock tablet and Chromebook shipment figures

Paul Hill — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:14:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has found that tablet and Chromebook sales have continued falling in the third quarter. It's partly to do with lessening demand following lockdowns, but also due to a bad economy. Read more...

Foldable phone shipments could more than quadruple by 2026, analyst says

Paul Hill — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 18:40:01 +0000

IDC has predicted that foldable phone sales will more than quadruple by 2026 compared to 2021. Despite this, the analyst firm said that it doesn't expect them to become mainstream devices by then. Read more...

Augmented Reality sector not expected to really take off until mid-decade, says analyst

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:22:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has said it expects augmented reality to really take off around the middle of the decade. This year, the sector is expected to see a year-over-year decline of 8.7%. Read more...

Strengthening dollar set to hurt sales of wearable devices this year

Paul Hill — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 03:32:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC predicts a gloomy year for wearables for the remainder of 2022. Things will start to look up again in 2023 with all wearables segments, except wristbands, due to return to growth. Read more...