Global tablet shipments declined by 14.2 per cent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2023, totalling 33.2 million units.
According to some figures created by IDC beancounters, Chromebooks contracted in the third quarter with shipments totalling 3.5 million units and marking a year-over-year drop of 20.8 per cent.
IDC number crunchers think the Chromebook market may have some resilience due to a pending refresh in the education segment and available budgets within government spending.
On Friday, Big tech vendors will face the toughest regulation of online content since the arrival of GDPR.
The Digital Services Act (DSA) forces companies to more aggressively police digital content and protect online users from disinformation and hate speech or face heavy fines.
Technology law professor Suzanne Vergnolle said the DSA is part of a bigger strategy to give more power to individuals, to the regulators, to civil society.
“It is another step towards more accountability,” she told AFP.
Onecom has snapped up IT services provider IMS Technology Services.
The deal adds more than 600 customers to Onecom’s books, the Vodafone, Microsoft, Google, Mitel, Samsung, Apple, Gamma and Five9 partner said.
Onecom’s revenues increased by over 80 per cent to reach £169 million in calendar 2021 primarily due to its aggressive M&A strategy. Founded in 2002, it has been backed by mid-market private equity firm LDC since 2019.
OneCom CEO Martin Flick said the acquisition builds on OneCom’s mission to extend its geographic footprint and technical capabilities.
5G roll-outs have increased after a slowdown during the pandemic according to a study by Juniper Research.
The report found that the number of voice-over-5G users will reach 2.5 billion globally by 2026, and Nokia, Optus and Samsung have achieved what the firms regard as a milestone in data session.
Channel services outfit Synaxon is teaming up with specialist print products distributor UFP.
The agreement means resellers now have access to UFP’s expansive specialist print and IT portfolio through Synaxon’s online procurement platform EGIS.
In a statement Synaxon said that UFP brings the total number of distributors on the platform to 40 and broadens the range of offerings available to resellers, retailers, and office product suppliers.
UK MD Mike Barron said that UFP was a valuable addition to EGIS. “It’s a thriving and dynamic business built on delivering the best products and services and we’re delighted to have them onboard.”
The top ten semiconductor buyers increased their chip spending by 25.2 percent in 2021 amid an ongoing semiconductor shortage.
According to Gartner beancounters the chip shortage prevented original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) from increasing production of a broad range of products, such as vehicles, smartphones, games consoles, and various other electronic devices.
However, the shortage significantly increased chip selling prices, resulting in buyers spending considerably more on acquiring chips than in previous years.
The research firm found average selling prices of semiconductors increased by more than 15 percent or more in 2021 – which included microcontroller units, general purpose logic integrated circuits (ICs), and a wide range of application-specific chips.
Beancounters at Gartner have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and worked out that the top ten OEMs increased their chip spending by more than 25 percent last year.
The big 10 accounted for 42.1 percent of the total market in 2021.
The price increase spending was due to global shortages which “prevented OEMs from increasing in production” and “significantly increased selling prices”, Gartner said.
Kicking Pat Gelsinger, Intel’s CEO, has ruled out the notion that the company will build semiconductor facilities in the UK because it’s not part of the European Union anymore.
Gelsinger told the BBC that it would definitely have considered investment in the UK but Brexit has dashed any hopes of that happening.
Armour Comms has teamed up with Samsung Electronics and Targus to let enterprises extend the business use of smartphones.
Armour Mobile has been optimised to provide a desktop-like user experience on Samsung DeX devices with the Targus USB-C phone dock.
The idea is to provide enterprises with a solution to support secure homes working, on enterprise-level Samsung Galaxy Android smartphones, using Armour Mobile and a Targus DeX USB-C phone dock – as an alternative to laptops. Designed with the end-user in mind employees will be can work remotely with a desktop feel, with Armour Mobile providing fully integrated secure communications for voice, video, messaging, conferencing and associated data files.
Beancounters at IDC have noted that tablet market shipments in EMEA have declined year-on-year for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Shipments reached 11.8 million units in EMEA during the second quarter of 2021, representing a 1.7 percent year-on-year decline which the IDC puts down to “a slowdown in consumer demand”.
But volumes still remain significantly above the pre-pandemic period, up 22.4 percent compared with 2019, which the IDC claims indicate an increase in the total addressable market
IDC Associate research director, Nikolina Jurisic said that market performance was affected by the unfavourable YoY comparison, as 2Q20 witnessed an avalanche of shipments to address home learning and entertainment.
“Slate tablets lost popularity as social restrictions eased, whereas detachable tablets continued on a strong positive trajectory, gaining from the notebook-like experience, new product launches, and versatility that supports hybrid working and learning.”
Samsung is launching its new business partner programme aimed at supporting consistent and accelerated growth for its partners.
Dubbed Samsung One, the programme uses an instant-access mobile app, which combines sales enablement assets, training, product information, news, incentives and rewards in one place.
Samsung said that its programme shows the company’s commitment to maximising partner engagement. With instant and remote access, every sales agent gets the support they need to drive engagement and sales with customers.
Joe Walsh, director of B2B at Samsung UK & Ireland said: “We are delighted to be able to introduce the Samsung One Partner Programme. There is no doubt that this year’s unpredictable events have driven a need to be more connected, collaborate seamlessly, and empower our people, wherever they are. By launching this programme, we acknowledge that mobility and on-demand learning have become more vital.
Electronics giant Samsung has announced that it has successfully shipped a million of the first 10nm-class (D1x) DDR4 DRAM modules based on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology.
The new modules have now completed global customer evaluations, the firm said, and will pave the way for more cutting-edge EUV process nodes for use in PC, mobile, enterprise server and datacentre applications.
eSIM smartphone growth is continuing and 2020 will prove another positive year as Samsung becomes the latest OEM to boost the eSIM market according to global tech market advisory outfit ABI Research.
It adds that the recent launch of the Samsung S20 range of devices with eSIM support will propel global shipments of eSIM enabled smartphones to over 225 million in 2020,
Phil Sealy, Digital Security Research Director at ABI Research sadid that ever since Apple first announced eSIM support in its XR and S range of devices in 2018, all eyes were firmly placed on Samsung as the next OEM to support eSIM in its flagship devices.
Research from musicMagpie reveals that old Android devices – in particular, Samsung handsets – can lose up to 35 percent of their value following a new release. So, with the imminent launch of new Samsung gizmos, customers are encouraged to sell now if they want to secure the best deal.
Customers trading in a Samsung Galaxy S10 can expect to earn up to £382 if they sell now, while those with a Samsung Galaxy S10+ could get up to £431. This value is set to decrease once the new Samsung models are on the market, so by trading-in early, customers can ensure they’re getting the most money for their old handsets.
Apple and Huawei saw their European smartphone market shares fall in the second quarter as Samsung took its stake to above 40 percent, according to Canalys.
Canalys said that Apple fell by 17 percent and Huawei fell by 16 percent respectively, as Samsung increased its dominance with its A-Series range of devices.
Canalys said that Samsung moved fast to take advantage of Huawei’s woes as the vendor continues to be restricted by the US government.
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