The global smartphone growth percentage will drop below double-digits for the first ever full year in 2015, according to market research company International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC predicts that smartphone shipments will grow just 9.8% globally in 2015 to a total of 14.3 billion units, with no upturn in sight. The Chinese market has been a […]
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Huawei Hits 100M Shipment Goal As Samsung Is Set To Record First Ever Decline
2015 has been a tough year for smartphone vendors in China, with an economic slowdown taking its toll of country-wide sales. However some vendors have been more successful than others. Huawei reached one of its major milestones this quarter, shipping 100 million units in 2015, becoming the first Chinese vendor to do so, according to research firm […]
Huawei Has Hired An Ex-Apple Executive To Improve Their Interface
Fresh of the back of their blockbuster third-quarter results, Huawei is wasting no time establishing itself as a market contender in the high-end smartphone space. According to a statement on the company’s public Weibo account, Huawei has hired a former Apple design executive to lead the interface design of Huawei’s smart devices. Abigail Brody served almost 10 years as a […]