The Twitter also exec said mobile usage is over 40% quarter-on-quarter for the last few quarters.
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Shipments of iPad tablets are expected to increase 20-25% quarter-on-quarter as well, adding to Apple's fire.
The 1.7% annualised pace in the second quarter is equivalent to 0.43% quarter-on-quarter growth.
Handset shipments gained quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, driven mainly by global orders for premium smartphones.
Bottom line: growth may show a quarter-on-quarter rebound as soon as the fourth quarter of this year.
Percentage sales attributed to 3D TVs and LED TVs increased quarter-on-quarter with unit sales growing in most regions.
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We assume an average quarter-on-quarter growth rate of 0.3% in the euro zone and of 0.5% in Germany.
The construction industry is continuing to contract with output down by nearly 5% quarter-on-quarter and down 7.5% year-on-year.
Halliburton ( HAL) stock gained in pre-market trading after it announced 1Q 2011 profit had more than doubled quarter-on-quarter.
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy grew 3.3%, beating initial estimates of 1.8%.
But the latest ONS figures showed that business investment declined 7.1% quarter-on-quarter, in its biggest fall for two years.
In the case of IT Solutions, a boost in sales of mid-to-high-end products, including PCs and printers improved quarter-on-quarter earnings.
Fourth quarter revenues were the highest of the year, growing 15 percent to KRW 2.81 trillion (USD 2.58 billion) quarter-on-quarter.
Vijay Rakesh, the analyst who wrote the report, explained that shipment for iPhone4 could even grow an additional 15% quarter-on-quarter for Q4.
Volpon said he is maintaining his first quarter GDP growth forecast of 2.4% on the year, which is almost flat in quarter-on-quarter terms.
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Samsung's standout lineup of LED TVs, including premium models targeting advanced markets and TVs tailored to emerging markets, has also improved quarter-on-quarter earnings.
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This increase in demand saw Samsung increase its portion of LED TV sales from the mid 60-percent range to a mid 80-percent share, quarter-on-quarter.
However, since Apple will not benefit from delayed purchases as it did in the fourth quarter of 2011, Gartner analysts expect its sales to decline quarter-on-quarter.
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Profitability in DRAM remained weak despite growth in global PC shipments in the high-single digit percentage quarter-on-quarter and a push in sales of mobile and server DRAM.
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Profitability also improved quarter-on-quarter as LED TV sales passed 50 percent of all Samsung LCD TVs sold for the quarter, reflecting the growing acceptance of the new technology.
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Handset shipments rose more than 20 percent quarter-on-quarter, driven by growth in the smartphone segment where sales were up more than 40 percent on-quarter and 300 percent year-on-year.
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That would mean the third quarter-on-quarter rise in a row.
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The LG Mobile Communications Company reported a 7 percent unit increase quarter-on-quarter in mobile handset shipments to 15.4 million with more than half of the units coming from smartphones.
Although weak seasonality led to a quarter-on-quarter dip in revenue, strong sales of premium TVs in developed markets and LED TVs in emerging markets saw shipments outstrip market growth and drive a sharp increase in profitability.
The company may have an opportunity to edge up its lead in the upcoming quarter as Gartner analysts expect iPhone sales to decline quarter-on-quarter and smaller competitors, whose devices can run on Android, become more aggressive.
Global market demand for large size LCD panels was flat with shipments rising just 1 percent quarter-on-quarter to 179 million units, while average sales prices of panels fell across the notebook PC, monitor and TV panel segments.
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Goldman's quarter-on-quarter investment-banking revenues were down 20%.
The NAND market picked up on higher OEM-related demand, improving quarter-on-quarter sales, particularly in solution products such as Solid State Drives (SSDs) for notebook PCs and Embedded Multimedia Cards (eMMC), but a steepening price decline hampered stable growth.
The LG Home Entertainment Company reported record sales of flat-panel TVs with 9.3 million units in the fourth quarter resulting in a 17.4 percent revenue increase quarter-on-quarter to KRW 6.44 trillion (USD 5.91 billion) and full-year operating profit of KRW 542 billion (USD 480.92 million).
Wendy's International (nyse: WEN - news - people ) posted second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and the fast-food chain reported a 1% drop in quarterly earnings, which topped Wall Street estimates, but the firm also dropped its profit view for the year on anemic sales at its eponymous burger joints and higher beef costs.
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