Tag «second quarter of 2013»

Big Screens for Less: Phablets Overtake Both Tablet and Portable PC Shipments in Asia in Second Quarter of 2013: IDC

Singapore and Hong Kong, August 30, 2013 – Smartphones with screen sizes of 5 to just under 7 inches, colloquially known as “phablets”, overtook shipments of each of the portable PC and tablet device categories in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) in the second quarter of 2013. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile …

More shadows than sunshine: Findings of the GfK Consumer Climate Europe for the second quarter of 2013

Nuremberg, 22 July 2013 – Poor economic data and high unemployment continue to keep Europe on tenterhooks. The financial and economic crisis has not yet been overcome, despite the recession bottoming out in some European countries. These are the findings of the GfK Consumer Climate Europe survey, which provides an overview of the development of …