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IDC: Smartphone shipments fall record 22% on memory crunch

Global smartphone shipments fell 22% year on year to 255.3 million units in the third quarter of 2026, according to preliminary data released by IDC on October 15. It is the steepest quarterly drop the research firm has ever recorded.…

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IDC: global PC shipments plunge 20% in third quarter

Worldwide PC shipments fell 20.1% year over year to 62.7 million units in the third quarter of 2026, according to preliminary data from IDC. It was the second quarterly decline in a row and a much steeper one than the…

IDC says global PC shipments fell 20% in third quarter

Worldwide PC shipments fell 20.1% from a year earlier to 62.7 million units in the third quarter of 2026, down from 78.5 million, according to preliminary data from research firm IDC released Thursday, Oct. 8. Shipments also dropped 9.1% from…

IDC forecasts record smartphone shipment decline in 2026 amid memory crisis

Worldwide smartphone shipments will fall 16.7% in 2026 to just over 1 billion units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, marking the steepest annual contraction the industry has ever recorded. The forecast represents a sharp downgrade from the…

IDC predicts Apple’s foldable iPhone will ship 10M units in its first year

Apple Inc. is poised to reshape the foldable smartphone market with its first foldable iPhone, which research firm International Data Corporation projects will ship more than 10 million units in its debut year despite a price tag of around $2,500,…

Global PC shipments fall for first time in two years amid memory crunch

The global PC market posted its first year-over-year decline in more than two years during the second quarter of 2026, with shipments falling 4.9% to 68.2 million units, according to preliminary data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker…