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Market Trends - Stats

A Tale of Two Tablet Tiers

15 February 2012 Marco Attard Market Trends - Stats
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A Tale of Two Tablet Tiers

Despite previous predictions of Apple gradually losing share in the tablet market, the iPad continues to dominate-- taking over 88% share of the Q4 2011 W. European tablet market according to CONTEXT.

In comparison the iPad's Q3 2011 market share totals 76%.

As a result the analyst predicts such a trend is a "precursor to a two-tier industry" based on pricing-- with luxury brands (chiefly iPad) at one end and cheap-and-cheerful devices (such as the Amazon Kindle) on the other.

CONTEXT says customers Continue reading...

Canalys: Apple Biggest PC (and Tablet) Maker

01 February 2012 Marco Attard Market Trends - Stats
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Canalys: Apple Biggest PC (and Tablet) Maker

Canalys announces Apple is the biggest global PC vendor in Q4 2011, beating leader HP-- but only if one counts tablets as PCs.

Other analysts (such as Gartner and IDC) do not add tablet shipments to their overall PC market statistics.

According to Canalys Apple Q4 2011 shipments total 15M tablets and 5M Macs, taking over 17% of total Q4 PC shipments reaching 120M units.

The global PC market (including tablets) shows 16% Y-o-Y growth in Q4-- but excluding tablets WW PC shipments are down by -0 Continue reading...

Mobile "Magnet Platforms" To Lead in Mobile

01 February 2012 Marco Attard Market Trends - Stats
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Devices delivering multiple functions and internet connectivity-- or "magnet platforms"-- will lead the mobile market according to In-Stat, growing at a CAGR of 25.7% through 2015.

In comparison, the overall mobile device market will growth at a CAGR of 8.7% for the same period.

"Magnet devices" cover 3 categories-- smartphones, tablets and notebook PCs. All make part of the larger "smart device" category together with smart TVs and STBs. Such devices increasingly share similar (if not identical) Continue reading...

IDC: Weakness in W. European PC Market

25 January 2012 Marco Attard Market Trends - Stats
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IDC: Weakness in W. European PC Market

The EMEA PC market continues declining in Q4 2011 according to IDC as PC shipments are down by -6.5% Y-o-Y, the 5th consecutive quarter of decline. As a result total EMEA PC shipments for 2011 are also down, reaching 103M units with a -7% Y-o-Y decline.

"Western Europe remained the most impacted as PC shipments contracted for the fifth consecutive quarter, recording a decline of 11.5%," IDC reports. The region is going through weakness in consumer demand and a slowdown within the commercial segment, Continue reading...

More Europeans Prefer Online

25 January 2012 Marco Attard Market Trends - Stats
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More Europeans Prefer Online

Comparison website Kelkoo confirms the declining high street shopping trend, reporting online sales across Europe grow by 18% Y-o-Y in 2011 to total €200.52 billion, before reaching growing by 16% to reach €232.76BN in 2012.

In comparison the analyst says total European retail for 2011 is up by just 1.8% Y-o-Y. E-commerce represents 7.8% of total 2011 retail sales across Europe, and could grow to 8.8% by 2012.

"Inevitably, this will have an ongoing negative impact on the high street, an issue Continue reading...

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