Report: India, 5G, and 6-inch displays will drive 2019 smartphone sales

• The newest IDC projections for the smartphone industry show significant growth starting after the downturn of this year.
• The three biggest factors for growth will be India, 5G, and phones with large displays.
• In 2022, the IDC projects the industry will churn out 1.654 billion smartphones.

---

The International Data Corporation (IDC) just published its projected analysis of the smartphone market from now through 2022. Overall, the IDC expects the market to spiral down slightly throughout the rest of 2018, but then begin a steady climb next year.

The three primary factors the IDC cites as driving future smartphone industry growth will be the Indian market, 5G technology, and phones with displays larger than six inches.

Overall, the IDC’s report hypothesizes that smartphone shipments in 2018 will likely amount to 1.462 billion units, a 0.2 percent drop from last year’s 1.465 billion units. However, shipments will rise steadily starting in 2019 eventually reaching 1.654 billion units in 2022.

Editor’s Pick

Report: Global smartphone sales rose a little, Xiaomi’s rose a lot

Research and advisory company Gartner just published its numbers for worldwide smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2018. Surprisingly, overall sales numbers went up by a slight 1.3 percent when compared to the first …

The biggest region for growth will be India, as local manufacturing is ramping up (even though China is still supplying most parts). India’s developing market calls for budget-friendly devices that will likely be citizens’ first smartphone – sometimes even their first device that will access the internet at all.

Since Android price points can be so much lower than iOS devices, the IDC doesn’t anticipate any change to the global disbursement of the two mobile operating systems. Android will stay at 85% of the market, with iOS taking the remainder. It would take a significantly cheaper iPhone to alter those numbers.

The other growth catalyst will be 5G technology. The IDC expects 5G devices to account for roughly seven percent of all smartphones by 2020, and 18 percent by 2022. The chart below shows just how fast 5G is expected to permeate the market:

IDC

Finally, the IDC expects smartphones with larger displays (six inches and up) to push up the average selling price (ASP) of smartphones. In 2017, the ASP of smartphones was $313, and that number is expected to rise to $345 in 2018. By 2022, the ASP of a smartphone will be $362. The primary factor for that growth will be smartphones with larger displays fetching premium prices as compared to those with smaller screens.

The IDC estimates that 98 percent of Android phones will have displays larger than five inches by 2022. In comparison, it’s expected that 36 percent of all iPhones shipped by 2022 will have 6-inch or larger displays.

You can read the full IDC report here.

NEXT: For the first time ever, smartphone sales go down year-over-year

Source: Android Zone

The post Report: India, 5G, and 6-inch displays will drive 2019 smartphone sales appeared first on TuneMaster.ml.

Might & Magic: Elemental Guardians brings the fantasy RPG series to phones (Update: Out now!)

Update (05/31): Might & Magic: Elemental Guardians is now available to download on Android devices via the Google Play Store. Publisher Ubisoft celebrated the launch with a new trailer (above) showing the turn-based gameplay in action.

If you pre-registered to play Elemental Guardians you’ll be able to grab a “special reward” in-game until June 7. The latest entry in the Might & Magic series is a free-to-play title with in-app purchases which range from $0.99 to $99.99 per item.

Hit the button below to dive into the fantasy RPG!

Download Now: Might & Magic Elemental Guardians

Original story (03/15): The Might & Magic fantasy RPG series is one of the longest running console and PC video game franchises. Today, Ubisoft announced it is bringing the series over to smartphones with the worldwide launch of Might & Magic: Elemental Guardians on May 31 for Android and iOS. The game was soft launched in limited markets about a year ago.

The first Might & Magic game launched for the Apple II way back in 1986 by New World Computing. More games were released in the series, even after the developer was acquired in 1996 by The 3DO Company. Later, 3DO shut down and the rights to the Might & Magic franchise were purchased by Ubisoft, who released a number of PC, console and mobile games since then.

Might & Magic: Elemental Guardians was developed by Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile specifically for Android and iOS. Players will have to assemble a team of characters to fight in tactical strategy RPG battles. Over 400 creatures will be available to either collect for your team, or to fight against in matches. Those creatures can also evolve over time to gain new powers and abilities, and you can battle other people worldwide in PvP matches.

The game also promised to have augmented reality features. You can take pictures of yourself with your team’s creatures side-by-side with this AR mode, along with a way to watch matches in some kind of AR view. The game will also have special live events, and you can join in-game Guilds to go on special co-op adventures with friends. If you go to the official Might & Magic website, you can pre-register to get an alert when Elemental Guardians goes live, and get an in-game reward as well.

Source: Android Zone

The post Might & Magic: Elemental Guardians brings the fantasy RPG series to phones (Update: Out now!) appeared first on TuneMaster.ml.

How to Create an Event Registration Page in WordPress

Do you want to add an event registration page on your WordPress site? Recently one of our readers asked if they can allow users to sign up and buy tickets online for their events. In this article, we will show you how to easily create an event registration page in WordPress and sell tickets online.

Why Create an Event Registration Page in WordPress?

There are plenty of third-party event registration and ticketing tools available in the market. You can also add Facebook events to your WordPress site.

However, many third-party event registration and ticketing services will charge a small fee for each ticket you sell. This quickly adds up, and you could end up paying a lot more than expected.

You will have limited options to promote your event on social media and even on your own website. Some event management services will insist on displaying their branding in your event emails, widgets, and tickets.

You can avoid some of these issues by creating your own event registration page in WordPress. This will allow you to collect online payments directly, store attendee information on your website, and use your own brand name when promoting the event.

That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily create an event registration page in WordPress.

Creating an Event Registration Page in WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the WPForms plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

WPForms is a paid plugin, and you will need at least their PRO plan to access the PayPal add-on, which we will be using in this tutorial.

Upon activation, you need to visit the WPForms page in your WordPress admin area and click on the Add New button.

On the form builder, first you need to enter a title for your event registration form. Below that, you will see a list of ready-to-use form templates that you can select. Click on the Billing / Order Form template to continue.

This template will set up a basic online order form asking users for their information like name, email, phone, address, available items, and more.

You can point and click on any field to edit or delete it. You can also add new form fields from the column on your left.

To add tickets, click on the available items field and change it to attendees or tickets.

Your users will see the calculated price in the Total Amount field. Next, you need to set up the payment method.

Let’s go ahead and connect your event registration form to a payment service provider.

You need to click on the Payments tab in the left column and then click on the ‘Addons page’ link.

Note: You can also visit the addons page from your WordPress admin area by going to WPForms » Addons.

This will take you to the addons page. WPForms comes with addons for PayPal and Stripe. You can install either or both of them.

Note: In order to use Stripe, your website must have HTTPS / SSL enabled.

Click on the install button below the addon and then click on the activate button.

Once activated, you need to go back to Payments section to configure payment services on your form. Select your payment service and enable it.

You need to add the details like PayPal email address, mode, payment type, cancel URL, and more.

If you are using Stripe, then you will need to enter the API keys. For detailed instructions see how to use the Stripe addon with WPForms.

You will also need to enter a credit card field to your form before you can set up Stripe. Simply switch to the ‘Fields’ section and add a credit card field.

After setting up payments, let’s set up notification emails for both you and your users.

Simply go to Settings » Notifications and click on the Add New Notification button.

In the Send To Email Address section, you need to select user’s email from Smart Tags to send the ticket receipt.

Now you need to scroll down to the Message section and add your custom message with the fields that you created for the registration from using Smart Tags.

Once you are done, you can save your changes and close the form builder.

You can display this form on any page on your WordPress site. Let’s create a new event registration page in WordPress to display the form.

On the page edit screen, you will see a new button labeled ‘Add Form’ just above the editor.

Clicking on it will bring up a popup where you will be able to select and insert the event registration form you created earlier.

The plugin will now add the required shortcode to your page editor. You can save your changes and click on the preview to see your event registration page in action.

We hope this article helped you learn how to create an event registration page in WordPress. You may also want to see our list of the best WordPress booking plugins.

If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

The post How to Create an Event Registration Page in WordPress appeared first on WPBeginner.

Source: Wordpres

The post How to Create an Event Registration Page in WordPress appeared first on TuneMaster.ml.