Mobile devices – the battle between East and West for a $545 billion market

The mobile device market is massive – in 2021 there were 1.7 billion shipments worth $545 billion and an installed base of 3.7 billion. Growth in the year was 25% in spending and 8% in shipments, although the installed base didn’t grow. The number of non-Internet enabled basic phones and […] Read more »

Apple – how much bigger can it grow?

Apple is the largest IT company in the world. It’s revenues were $294 billion in 2020 – the equivalent of everyone alive on the planet spending $26.52 on its offerings. It’s business grew substantially on the introduction of the iPhone, expanded as we recovered from the Credit Crunch and has […] Read more »

Mobile device sales continue to decline in Q1 2020 despite their vital role during the pandemic

How will the mobile device market behave during and after the pandemic? I look at the trends and publish a new forecast Read more »

Mobile devices – a $361b market, 1.4b shipments, 3.2b installed base in 2019

My look at the 2019 market for mobile devices with a forecast to 2025 Read more »

The ITC market’s top suppliers – a 10-year perspective

Having made my predictions for the year, I wanted to follow up with the long-term vendor share developments in the ITC industry. In the Figure above I show market shares for the top 12 suppliers in the years to then of September in 2009 and 2019. There have been a […] Read more »

Mobile device market down 8% to $392b – what’s the next big thing?

We look at the state of play in the mobile device market in Q2 2019 Read more »

Mobile device market up 3.1% to $81.1b in Q2 2017 – Apple maintains its leadership

ITCandor's latest update on the mobile device market in Q2 2017 Read more »

Storage 2017 – growth at last!

A complete review of the storage systems, disc, NAND and DRAM markets. Read more »