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Juniper Research estimated that the number of smartphones shipped last year reached 980 million units, 280 million in the fourth quarter alone. Of that figure, Samsung managed to capture almost a third, having moved more than 300 million smartphones in a single year, while growing at a rate of 40%. However, for the first time…
You would think that phablets are niche products reserved for the folks with huge hands. Perhaps that’s right but apparently there are quite a few of those people out there. According to the latest Juniper Research report “Tablets, Phablets, Hybrids & eReaders: Market Strategies & Forecasts 2014-2018,” global phablet shipments will surpass 120 million units…
Annual revenues from mobile entertainment services will reach almost $75 billion by 2017, up from an estimated $39 billion this year. According to Juniper Research, the emergence of more sophisticated monetization strategies, allied to a nascent ecosystem of app-centric mobile devices such as smart watches will drive this growth. The report says that games will…
Apple hits another milestone as its U.S. iTunes App Store has surpassed the 1 million applications mark, according Appsfire. This news shows Apple now has just as much apps as it does globally. What was also determined by the analytic company Appsfire was Apple now has 473,000 applications optimized for use on the iPad. The…
Over the next five years, the number of mobile and/or tablet gamblers will increase by 100 million, meaning that 164 million people will either place a bet, visit a mobile casino or buy a lottery ticket on their device in 2018. According to Juniper Research, the strongest growth would come from the North American market.…
The smart wearable device shipments, including smart watches and glasses, will approach 130 million by 2018, according to Juniper Research. The figure, which is 10 times more than this year, will be reached thanks to heightened consumer awareness on wearable technology and a better visibility of product adoption. The research firm contends that the market…
Juniper Research has revealed that global wearable smart glass shipments will reach 10 million per annum by 2018, compared to an estimated 87,000 this year. At the same time, app-enabled mobile smart wearable device hardware market will approach $19 billion by 2018. According to the research firm, the smart glasses retail prices will decline towards…
LG has just released a report that sheds light on America’s smartphone usage, and the results may surprise you. With over 170 million Americans incessantly checking their smartphones for pretty much anything you can imagine, its safe to say that mobile customers are using their mobile devices all the time, wherever they please. The study,…
Mobile augmented reality user base is set to increase dramatically from 60 million unique users this year to nearly 200 million in 2018. According to Juniper Research, the market will expand from the early adopting gaming segment and navigation based utility to become an integral part of the consumer’s ecosystem. The research firm argues that…
LG is launching a new device loaner program that will directly benefit developers around the world. LG announced today that the LG G2 will be the first phone to be loaned out to developers via the program, with attendees of last week’s LG Android Developers’ event in San Francisco got a peek at LG’s newly…