{"id":27705,"date":"2014-10-02T13:16:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T05:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=27705"},"modified":"2014-10-02T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T10:22:31","slug":"ph-among-top-markets-for-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/02\/ph-among-top-markets-for-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"PH among top markets for tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23992\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gadgets-technology-phone-laptop-tablet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23992\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gadgets-technology-phone-laptop-tablet-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gadgets-technology-phone-laptop-tablet-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gadgets-technology-phone-laptop-tablet-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gadgets-technology-phone-laptop-tablet.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The Philippines will be one of the 10 biggest markets for technology devices in 2015, according to global market research firm GfK.<\/p>\n<p>According to GfK, the country expects to sell about $4.1 billion worth of products by next year given that there will be more opportunities for emerging markets.<br \/>\nGfK forecasting director Kevin Walsh said that the estimated worth covers about 70 digital devices. This include personal computers, TVs, cameras, and of course mobile phones.<br \/>\nIn the Philippines, sales of technology devices are expected to increase by 6 percent next year from $3.8 billion this 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the Philippines, other emerging markets when it comes to digital device growth include Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>China tops the list with $199 billion market this year. However, their market only grew by one percent from $200.8 in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, India is expected to pose the highest growth by 16 percent. Pakistan and Bangladesh will follow after with 15 percent and 13 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia provides by far the greatest opportunity, primarily driven by sales of smartphones, where both volume and pricing will contribute to an overall technology device growth of nearly $5 billion in 2015,\u201d GfK noted.<\/p>\n<p>GfK added, \u201c[F]eature phone vendors in emerging APAC [Asia-Pacific] countries and the Middle East and Africa can be slightly happier, with a forecasted market size of $5.1 billion and $4.3 billion, respectively,\u201d GfK said.<\/p>\n<p>Many consumers will still continue to patronize expensive smartphones, with its market size increasing by 18 percent in 2015 in terms of volume.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 smartphone markets for growth by value according to GfK next year, include: India, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Vietnam and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The Philippines will be one of the 10 biggest markets for technology devices in 2015, according to global &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":23992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[1479,8059],"class_list":["post-27705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-ph","tag-tech","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}