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 »

Smart phones, global warming, suppliers and nations

A look at the mobile device market and its carbon consequences 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 »

Microprocessor chip sales $317 billion – highly profitable, but sluggish

I have a look at the microprocessor market in Q2 2019 Read more »

Brexit – selling UK IT assets by the pound

Source: ITCandor from OANDA historical data Part of my methodology each quarter is to look at currency movements of international currency against the $US. My Figure shows the movement of the average value of each local currency in Q2 2016 compared with their rates in Q2 2015. Those on the […] Read more »