The worldwide market for wearable devices, now inclusive of wireless headphones with smart assistants…
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The Apple Watch is proving to be a big deal
In the week of March 4th, market intelligence firm IDC published a report that made me even more…
It’s prime time for Apple Watch
Smartwatches are most certainly no longer a fad…
IDC: Apple No.1 in Q418 worldwide wearables shipments with 16.2 million units, 10.4 million of which were Apple Watches
The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 31.4% during the fourth quarter of 2018…
Gartner: Apple’s iPhone unit sales suffered worst quarterly decline since first quarter of 2016
Global sales of smartphones to end users stalled in the fourth quarter of 2018…
IDC estimates Apple iPhone sales in China fell 20 percent YOY in 2018 holiday quarter
Apple Inc iPhone sales in China fell 20 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018…
IDC: Samsung edges Apple as smartphone woes continue with worldwide shipments down 4.9% in holiday quarter
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of 2018…
Once again, IDC and Gartner were both quite wrong in estimating Apple’s Q4 Mac shipments
Two research groups that estimate global PC shipments not only served up incorrect data as fact…
IDC: Worldwide tablet market declined 13.5% during the Q218
The worldwide tablet market declined 13.5% during the second quarter of 2018…
IDC: Apple iPhone sales to grow 2.6% in 2018 to 221 million total units
After declining 0.3% in 2017, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to contract again in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019…
Apple takes 59% of global wearables revenue on 21% unit share
Apple is doing Apple, all over again…
IDC: Global wearables market grew 7.7% in Q417 and 10.3% in 2017 as Apple Watch seized the lead
The worldwide wearables market continued its upward trajectory in both the fourth quarter…
Apple’s line of smartwatches outsold the entire Swiss watch industry last quarter
Apple sold more than eight million watches in the final quarter of 2016, making it one of the largest watchmakers in the world…
Gartner estimates Apple Mac grew shipments 1.4% in holiday quarter; computer market declined in Q417 and for the year
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.6 million units…
IDC estimates Apple Mac grew shipments 7.3% in holiday quarter; personal computer market posts first Q4 shipment growth in 6 years
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 70.6 million units…
Cellular-capable Apple Watch ushers in digital health revolution
In the last months of Steve Jobs’s life, the Apple co-founder fought cancer while managing diabetes…
IDC: Shipments of wearables to nearly double by 2021 as smartwatches take the lead over cheap fitness bands
The move from wristbands to watches introduces additional revenue opportunities for vendors and distributors…
Apple’s exposes IDC’s and Gartner’s flawed Mac unit sales estimates
Two industry surveys didn’t come close to estimating Apple’s Mac unit sales accurately…
IDC: Apple Mac slightly increases marketshare in Q317
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs totaled 67.2 million units in the third quarter of 2017…
IDC: Apple’s next-gen OLED iPhone will spur a major upgrade cycle in 2018
According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker
IDC: Artificial Intelligence can create 800,000+ jobs; global business revenues $1.1 trillion by 2021
Artificial intelligence will create 823,734 jobs by the year 2021, surpassing the number of jobs lost to AI technologies…
IDC: Smartphones with small displays are a dying breed
According to a new forecast from IDC, worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to rebound slightly…
IDC: Worldwide smartphone market gains steam in Q117 with shipments up 4.3%
According to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, phone companies shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide…
Apple Watch sales hit all-time high while Fitbit stumbles
The Apple Watch is moving on up…
Analyst: ‘Apple has Samsung on the ropes like never before’
Apple’s biggest competitor is reeling…
If Apple owns nearly all of the profits, how do the other phone makers stay in business?
In China, the largest smartphone market on planet earth, the top sellers sell plenty but struggle to make money…
IDC: Apple iPad’s hold on the tablet market remains unchallenged
Consumer spending during the holiday quarter of 2016 was clearly not aimed at consuming tablets as the market continued its decline…
Did Tim Cook really dispute reports of poor Apple Watch sales?
IDC reported poor sales of the Apple Watch in the September quarter of 2016…
To critics, Tim Cook’s defense of Apple Watch falls flat
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook on Tuesday tried to punch back against a downbeat report on Apple Watch…
Apple Watch dominates online holiday revenue share
A new research study has determined that not only did Apple garner nearly half of the online revenue generated…
Apple Watch sales growth is ‘off the charts,” on track for the best quarter ever
As we expected, we’re on track for the best quarter ever for Apple Watch…
Apple CEO Cook: Apple Watch sales to consumers set record in holiday week
Sales of the Apple Watch to consumers set a record during the first week of holiday shopping…
IDC predicts Apple to ship 243.6 million iPhone units in 2020, market share to hold steady around 14%
Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.45 billion units with a year-over-year growth rate of 0.6%
IDC: Worldwide tablet market expected to rebound in 2018 as Apple iPads come out of a slump
The decline of the worldwide tablet market is set to continue for the remainder of 2016 as year-over-year growth…
Where it all went wrong for China’s Apple iPhone-knockoff maker Xiaomi
It was just four days after Christmas 2014, and for Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi…
IDC: Apple iPad increases worldwide market share lead
Worldwide tablet shipments, inclusive of slates and detachables, reached 38.7 million in the second quarter of 2016…
IDC: Worldwide smartphone volumes relatively flat in Q216; Samsung widens market share lead over Apple
Vendors shipped a total of 343.3 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter of 2016…
Apple Watch sales drop dramatically ahead of anticipated next-gen hardware
Shipments of smartwatches declined a significant 32% during the second quarter of the year…
IDC, Gartner: Apple’s Mac no longer bucking PC industry’s sales slide
After defying industry trends in recent years, Apple is feeling the slowdown…
IDC: Worldwide smartphone growth forecast to slow to 3.1% in 2016 as focus shifts to device lifecycles
According to a forecast update from IDC, smartphone shipments are expected to grow 3.1% in 2016…
Positive signs abound for Apple Watch
Recent market data and industry developments provide some useful context and information…
IDC: Apple Watch continues to dominate in smartwatch market share
A combination of device releases, price reductions, and company rationalizations marked the first quarter of 2016…