Apple Is Getting Pushed Around in China by Local Phone Brands

Chinese smartphone brands Oppo and Huawei are tightening their grip on the world’s largest market, grabbing local share and squeezing out Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.

After including Vivo, Chinese vendors held the top three slots and accounted for 48 percent of shipments in the country during 2016, research firm IDC said. With a line-up of flexible- and curved-screen devices, they look set to dominate the market in 2017. A decline in Apple shipments in the fourth quarter highlighted how the iPhone 7 failed to make as big a splash in the face of escalating competition.

 

Apple Is Getting Pushed Around in China by Local Phone Brands

Chinese smartphone brands Oppo and Huawei are tightening their grip on the world’s largest market, grabbing local share and squeezing out Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.

After including Vivo, Chinese vendors held the top three slots and accounted for 48 percent of shipments in the country during 2016, research firm IDC said. With a line-up of flexible- and curved-screen devices, they look set to dominate the market in 2017. A decline in Apple shipments in the fourth quarter highlighted how the iPhone 7 failed to make as big a splash in the face of escalating competition.

 

GivingTuesday Roundup: 12 Typography Resources on SlideShare

In this day and age of global recognition for brands, internet and social networks are playing a key role in bringing corporations from different regions of the world together. As the more brands emerge, the circle of consumers’ needs also expands. To give exposure to both the sellers and the customers, online social networks introduce advance tools and platforms to establish ties between them. In 2012, LinkedIn took acquisition of a slide hosting service based on Web 2.0 known as SlideShare. Founded in 2006, it is considered the world’s largest community for knowledge sharing through presentations and documents.

[INFOGRAPHIC]: The 10 Commandments of Typography

It is true that the beauty of typography lies in its endless options, convenient variations and its colossal nature and that typography knows no boundaries and it’s like yet another galaxy out there waiting to be explored and known. Even though typography is open ended with a lot of creativity to it, there are some deadly sins of typography that every designer should avoid. Hence, it is always good to know the tips to make unique logo design, web interface or packaging, in order to save yourself from the trouble of experimenting too many fonts on your design.

[INFOGRAPHIC]: Color your Brand Industry-wisely!

There is a lot more to colors than simply what falls to your retina. Colors have a powerful psychological impact on you. They can drive you to make certain decision and choices and they can evoke in you certain reactions and sentiments.

The use of right colors, coupled with the right use of designing and branding, can help your brand reach to the whole new levels of notoriety. This expressive phenomenon of light, can help your brand stimulate just the required reaction in your audience by helping you push all the right buttons to bring about the desired response from them.