In unit terms, handset sales were up just 1percentt, Nokia reported -- though that figure had been falling.
Exports of mechanical timepieces rose 32 percent in unit terms last year, compared with an 18 percent increase for less expensive quartz watches.
These smaller planes make up close to half of the order backlog in unit terms and around a third in terms of value.
Both research firms said the Compaq Computer Corporation remained the top personal computer vendor in unit terms but posted the slowest growth of the top four companies.
Retail sales of desktop and notebook PC's rose 27percentt in unit terms in August from the year-ago month, while shipments of desktops rose 14percentt and those of notebooks surged 55percentt, an NPD Group analyst, Stephen Baker, said.
In unit terms, Nokia shipped (which SA equates with sold) 10.2 million devices.
Production sank from 21,000 Ducatis in 1995 to 12,500 in 1996; sales plunged to $132 million, down 36% in unit terms.
In unit terms, shipments of Windows Devices in 2014 totalled just under 39 million units, up by 3 million on a year ago.
That implies that other multinational technology firms could see clipped growth rates in dollars, if not unit terms, this year, either fiscal or calendar.
The company's chips are used in power supplies and in the converters found in PCs and wireless phones both growing markets in unit terms.
"In five years, LCD monitors will have 20% of the market in unit terms and 50% of total monitor market revenues.
