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Oct 9, 2024 | blogs.idc.com | Navkendar Singh |Client Devices

India ships around 145-150 million new smartphones per year for the domestic market, ranking it second globally after China in annual shipping volume. There are approximately 650 million smartphone users in India or about 46% smartphone penetration in the country. There is no other market of this size with such huge untapped potential, making India a very attractive market for all smartphone ecosystem participants from brands to component makers.

Sep 27, 2024 | blogs.idc.com | Bryan Ma |Client Devices

IFA has traditionally been a home entertainment and appliances show targeting the European market, but this year there were a lot of global PC announcements as vendors were eager to get the word out on AI PCs, particularly after Computex in Taiwan a few months ago. We were excited to be on the ground in Berlin this month to catch the action.

May 29, 2024 | blogs.idc.com | Bryan Ma |Client Devices

We’re a few weeks into what I’m calling the AI PC Rally of 2024, where nearly back-to-back industry events pull back the curtain to reveal more AI capabilities and use cases to make the latest generation of PCs and phones more compelling. So far, Google I/O and Microsoft Build have passed. In a few more weeks’ time, Computex and Apple’s WWDC beckon.

Mar 8, 2024 | blogs.idc.com | Bryan Ma |Client Devices

There should be no surprise that there were plenty of device-related announcements at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, with this year’s AI buzzword featured prominently across them.