... was their slowest growth rate since 2008. In 2015 as a whole, smartphone sales reached 1.4 billion units, an increase of 14.4 percent from 2014.
“Low-cost smartphones in emerging markets, and strong demand for premium smartphones, continued to be the driving factors,” said Anshul Gupta, research director ...
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... many companies have not looked into the digital channel very seriously. There are not enough digital commerce offerings in the Middle East, leading to low customer adoption, and most purchases are bought from businesses located outside the region." said Mr. Alvarez.
Gartner identified the three things ...
... according to Gartner, Inc.
"The Chinese economy is facing challenges as it nears the end of its "demographic dividend" fueled by an oversupply of low-technology markets, said Matthew Cheung, research director at Gartner. "For Chinese enterprises, the adoption of bimodal IT, Internet of Things technologies ...
... 1.3
Overall IT
3,375
-0.6
3,464
2.7
3,553
2.6
Source: Gartner (January 2017)
"The range of spending growth from the high to low is much larger in 2017 than in past years. Normally, the economic environment causes some level of division, however, in 2017 this is compounded by the ...
... transportation. Regulations do not have as much of an impact on the market as was originally thought. Most inspections are close (within three meters) and low since they are examining equipment that is near or on the ground. Gartner expects the inspection segment to dominate with 30 percent of the commercial ...
... which is resulting in more expensive products. Second, users' interest in value and higher quality phones is increasingly overriding their desire for low prices.
"Across the world, the device market is becoming less price-sensitive," said Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner. "Consumers and businesses ...
... increasing demand for premium mobile phones. Communications services are expanding coverage and increasing data transfer rates while keeping prices low. The rising demand of premium mobile phones by consumers is also set to fuel growth in the devices spending segment in 2018.
"The MENA region witnesses ...
... to marginal incremental benefits during upgrade," said Anshul Gupta, research director at Gartner. "Demand for entry-level smartphones (sub-$100) and low midtier smartphones (sub-$150) improved due to better-quality models."
Continued weakness in Greater China's mobile phone market also limited growth ...
... remote handover or help recover an AV that has become stuck."
The safe execution of human-led remote control of AVs would require the reliability and low latency that 5G networks could provide. Once initiated, the technology would allow human technicians in remote facilities to assess live video feeds ...