Apple closes gap on Samsung smartphones

Holiday seasonality, strong end-user demand and a deep selection of models propelled smartphone volumes to a new record level for the quarter and for the year. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone...

Online sales drive eBucks festive spend

eBucks Rewards members exceeded the rewards programme’s already bullish expectations for spending during the 2014 festive season, with more than half of this spend taking place online. At the end of last year, Jolandé Duvenage, CEO of eBucks Rewards predicted the...
Tablet sales to stay muted

Tablet sales to stay muted

After a troubled year in 2014, the global tablet market is not returning to the levels of growth seen in the last four years as demand for tablets will continue to be slow in 2015. Gartner estimates that worldwide tablet sales will reach 233-million units in 2015, an...

Lenovo celebrates 100m ThinkPads

Lenovo has used the platform of the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show to launch its ThinkPad 2015 product portfolio. Featuring the latest generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the world’s lightest 14-inch performance ultrabook, the brand celebrates 100-million...

Healthy growth for desktop monitor sales

Global desktop monitor sell-in revenue rose 7% in the third quarter of 2014, as average selling prices (ASPs) rose just over 10%. According to a new report from DisplaySearch, now part of IHS, worldwide desktop PC monitor shipments declined just over 3%, to reach...