Ooyala’s Q1 2016 Video Index shows rapid growth in mobile content consumption. In the Asia Pacific region 61% of all video plays are on mobile, up from 46% a year ago and surprisingly, long-form content is the most popular.
Global shipments of smartphones totalled 347.4 million in Q1, 2017, an increase of 4.3% year-on-year says IDC.
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs totalled 60.3 million units in Q1, 2017 – a 0.6% y-o-y growth and the first positive “green-shoots” indicator since Q1, 2012.
Worldwide tablet sales contracted 8.5% in Q1, 2017 as the migration from traditional slates to hybrid formats continues to escalate.
Nearly 90.8% of the Chinese buy smartphones from Huawei, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi – anything locally made, figures from IDC indicate.