The notebook market will face unfavorable conditions in 2019 on both the supply side and demand side. Total shipments may dip further below the level seen in 2018.
According to Digitimes Research statistics, as large-size smartphones continue to erode sales of 9-inch and smaller tablets, especially white-box tablets that are generally smaller, global tablet shipments will further slide.
This Digitimes Reserch iPhone Shipment Analysis and Forecast Special Report provides an insight into Apple's pricing strategy and shipment outlook for the newly introduced iPhone models, as well as the overall iPhone lineup.
This DIGITIMES Special Report provides insights into various aspects of the smartphone AP market, including suppliers' shipments, market shares, manufacturing processes, and the incorporating of AI in the processors.
With smartphone vendors putting in aggressive efforts toward second-half sales in an attempt to reach their whole-year objectives, smartphone AP shipments will likely benefit from high season effects in the third quarter.
Worldwide server shipments arrived at 3.84 million units in the second quarter of 2018, better than originally estimated, with a sequential increase of 9.6%.
Shipments to the China market rebounded to a level above 90 million units in second-quarter 2018, with an on-quarter growth nearing 10%, according to Digitimes Research statistics.
Taiwan's handset shipments decreased 27.8% sequentially, but went up 17.5% on year to arrive at 17.8 million units in the first quarter of 2018. The sequential decline was mainly due to seasonality.
