China rising, Korea struggling, Apple beats Android and more: 5 takeaways from the Gartner report

A lot's been happening in the smartphone market. And India is witness to a meteoric rise in the adoption of mobility devices. Here are our five key takeaways from the latest Gartner report. 1. The Chinese have arrived… It's official. With the rate at ... Read more

All Trending Now about China Smartphone - May 28, 2015

Lenovo Launches Motorola's Moto Maker Customization Suite In China

Lenovo re-introduced Motorola smartphones to China in January, and now it has launched the Moto Maker customization service there too. For those not aware, Moto Maker allows customers to personalize their phone in a range of ways. They can select the ... Read more

Worldwide Smartphone Growth To Slow In 2015, As China Reaches Saturation

The writing has been on the wall for some time, but analysts at IDC are again confirming today that the worldwide smartphone market will continue to see its overall growth slowing in 2015. The firm says that global smartphone shipments will grow just 11.3% ... Read more

Smartphone Sales Cooling Off as Chinese Growth Slows

Global smartphone sales are forecast to rise by 11.3% year-over-year in 2015, a nice clip but well below the 27.6% growth in sales during 2014. Sales in China are forecast to grow just 2.5% year-over-year, the first year ever in which Chinese smartphone ... Read more

iPhone 6 Makes Apple The Top Smartphone Seller In China

Apple is now tops in China. Leveraging its image as a status symbol for the country's growing class of urban professionals, the iPhone maker was the No. 1 smartphone vendor in the People's Republic in the first quarter, according to numbers released ... Read more

Global Smartphone Market To Continue Experience Slowdown; Chinese Market Is To Blame, Says Analysts

Analysts at IDC, the premier market intelligence firm, predict that the slowdown being experienced in the smartphone market will continue, citing the disappointing figures in the Chinese market, which happens to be the largest smartphone market in the world. Read more

China, Android to be hardest hit in coming smartphone slump

Smartphone shipments will decline through 2019, hitting Android phones and the Chinese market especially hard, according to research firm IDC. The slowdowns come at the same time that Apple is benefiting from big sales of its larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 ... Read more

Global smartphone growth cools on China sales: tracker

A slowdown in smartphone sales in China is cooling the global market for the devices, research firm IDC said Tuesday. The market tracker said global smartphone sales will see a rise of 11.3 percent in 2015, following robust growth in 2014 of 27.6 percent. Read more

A Chinese Company Is Making A Smartphone With Two Hot-Swappable Batteries

Removable batteries? Bah. External USB batteries? Child's play. Real power users use multiple batteries to make sure that their phones never turn off within a hundred miles of electricity. Or at least that seems to be the idea behind the M5, an upcoming ... Read more

What's at Stake for Apple as China's Smartphone Market Declines?

According to a recent report from IDC (International Data Corporation), smartphone shipments to China declined by a YoY (year-over-year) rate of 4.3% in 1Q15, the first decline to occur in six years. IDC said the main reason for this decline is ... Read more