The mobile world

They are more 38 million Italians use the internet every day. Over the course of two years, connections grew by 3%. For the first time, 2018 recorded a greater number of accesses to the network from mobile rather than desktop. The unique users active when they are on the move are 31 million, compared to 27 million from fixed platforms. But let's see which mobile platforms users prefer.

Smartphone

Smartphones are the most used devices frequently to access the network. This, however, it does not represent a snapshot of what is the smartphone market, or rather something completely different. In fact, there was a drop of 6% mainly due to the saturation of this market in which it seems impossible to produce particular innovations. A new push is expected for 2019, the year in which the 5G network of which Huawei is a member has been implemented pioneer.

Tablet

If the smartphone market is saturated, but solid, this cannot be achieved. also say tablets. Global shipments of these mobile devices stood at 36.4 million units. in the third quarter, down 8.6% year-over-year. The decline does not only concern traditional tablets, but also those with detachable keyboards which could recover, analysts highlight, thanks to the launch of the new Apple iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface, together with the latest products from Samsung and Google.

Smartwatch

A market that is continuing to grow is that of smartwatches. Global shipments recorded +67% year-on-year, reaching 10 million units. compared to 6 million in the same period of the previous year. The main dealer is the Cupertino company that delivered 4.5 million Apple Watches, Fitbit, thanks to the Versa smartwatch, ranks second in the market with 1.5 million units delivered and Samsung is third with 1.1 million Galaxy Watches.