THE DATA
From 2017 to 2021, Amazon’s device business, which includes the Echo and Kindle, lost more than $25 billion (about 3.917 trillion yen).
From 2021 to 2025, international PC sales decreased by 33%, from $230 Billion to $153.89 Billion.
In 2021, PC sales reached an all-time high of $230 Billion.
From 2021 to 2022, international PC sales decreased by 4.3%, from $230 Billion to $220 Billion.
From 2022 to 2023, international PC sales decreased by 29.5%, or by $64.81 Billion, from $220 Billion to $155.19 Billion.
From 2022 to 2023, the 29.5% decrease in international PC sales was 586% greater, or almost seven men greater than their 4.3% decrease from 2021 to 2022.
In 2022, international PC sales totaled $220 Billion.
In 2023, international PC sales totaled $155.19 Billion.
From January to May 2023, smart speaker sales decreased by 7%, year-over-year.
BBC.com’s Tom Espiner said that it was “as people bought cheaper goods due to the rising cost of living”.
On January 17, 2023, techinsights.com assured “IDC predicts the global market will resume growth in 2023 after last year’s decline, with shipments forecast to rise 4.6% this year.”
When, in fact, smart speaker and display shipments deceased by 7% in the 1st Quarter of 2023, year-over-year.
I have exposed the duplicity of techinsights.com by using what was known in the old days as “fact checking”.
Techinsights.com referred to it as “a sluggish start”.
In March 2024, focusonbusness.eu said “2023 saw practically the same revenue” as 2022.
When, in fact, from 2022 to 2023, international PC sales decreased by 29.5%, or by $64.81 Billion, from $220 Billion to $155.19 Billion.
I have exposed the duplicity of focusonbusness.eu by using what was known in the old days as “fact checking”.
In 2024, international PC sales totaled $153.89 Billion.
In the 3rd Quarter of 2024, after six consecutive quarters of year-over-year increases, international foldable smartphone shipments decreased by 1% year-over-year.
In October 2024, shipments to China of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc’s iPhone, decreased by 44.25%, year-over-year.
In November 2024, Shipments to China of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc’s iPhone, decreased by 47.4%, year-over-year.
In November 2024, the 47.4% year-over-year decrease in shipments to China of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc’s iPhone was 7.1% greater than their 44.25% year-over-year decrease in October 2024.
