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 devices and international politics

A look at the annual changes and future challenges of the mobile device and smart phone market 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 »

6. The only hardware spending growth will be on solid state disks and processors

The hardware market will decline by 2.0% overall and only two product types – solid state drives and processors – will grow in 2020 (please note that I have excluded OEM sales from this forecast). Mobile device will be the one on which we spend most, but it will be […] 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 »