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Tag: Android switchers

17% of iPhone buyers upgraded from an Android phone in Q224; up sharply YoY – CIRP

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 11:21 am2 Comments

CIRP assesses the percentage of iPhone owners that upgrade from another iPhone and what percentage upgrade from Android to iOS…

Why Apple’s iPhone 14 series will be a smashing success

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 11:50 amTuesday, August 23, 20221 Comment

Apple is expected to unveil the highly anticipated iPhone 14 series in early September, with the new lineup expected to go on sale…

Apple debuts new ‘Switching to iPhone’ video for Android users

Monday, August 1, 2022 2:01 pmNo Comments

Apple on Monday debuted a new video that targets Android settlers who are looking to upgrade to a real iPhone…

Apple’s most boring new product likely also its most important

Friday, March 11, 2022 1:14 pm14 Comments

Apple’s most boring new product is likely also its most important. No, we’re not talking about Apple’s new 3-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable…

After Apple installs iPhone backdoor, Android owners less likely to switch, says survey

Tuesday, August 31, 2021 11:01 amWednesday, September 1, 202117 Comments

After Apple inexplicably threw away iPhone’s privacy advantage by uninstalling a backdoor into iPhone, fewer Android users are considering…

Apple’s iPhone SE spurred sales from Android and older iPhone upgraders

Monday, July 20, 2020 4:00 pm3 Comments

Apple’s U.S. iPhone sales were down 23% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2020, due to widespread COVID-19 shutdowns. The iPhone SE sales are above…

CIRP: Apple iPhone’s U.S. installed base increases to 189 million units

Thursday, February 7, 2019 2:25 pmThursday, February 7, 20192 Comments

As of December 30, 2018, the installed base grew 2% relative to the September 2018 quarter…

CIRP: Apple’s newest iPhones are attracting more Android upgraders than last year

Wednesday, December 26, 2018 1:15 pmWednesday, December 26, 20183 Comments

More users upgraded from Android to an Apple iPhone during the holiday quarter…

Apple targets Android switchers with two new iPhone ads

Monday, April 23, 2018 5:55 pm11 Comments

The two ads continue Apple’s recent ‘Switch to iPhone’ campaign, which specifically urges…

The lessons and questions of Apple’s iPhone X and iPhone 8

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 1:39 pmWednesday, September 13, 201721 Comments

The products Apple unveiled at the new Steve Jobs Theater could not have been more appropriate…

Wall Street analysts say the $999 iPhone X takes Apple’s ‘franchise to a whole new level’

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:00 pmFriday, November 10, 201710 Comments

The most anticipated consumer technology product event in years lived up to the hype…

Apple’s huge growth opportunity: Android upgraders

Monday, August 21, 2017 9:30 amMonday, August 21, 20177 Comments

Although many investors like to focus on some of the new market opportunities that Apple…

Apple’s new iPhone 7/Plus are big sellers despite tight supply

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 5:33 pmWednesday, November 16, 20166 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 7 series smartphones accounted for 73% of U.S. iPhone sales during their first month of release…

Sales of iPhone 7/Plus accounted for 43% of all Q3 U.S. iPhone sales in just two weeks

Friday, October 21, 2016 9:57 amFriday, October 21, 20163 Comments

Apple’s well-received iPhone 7/Plus accounted for 43% of all iPhone sales in Q3 despite being available for only the final two weeks of the quarter…

CIRP research shows former Android phone users are upgrading to Apple iPhones

Thursday, October 20, 2016 4:49 pm8 Comments

Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), today released analysis of the results from its research on Apple…

Why Apple CEO Cook is not worried about iPhone sales

Friday, May 20, 2016 9:56 amFriday, May 20, 201618 Comments

Apple stock is under considerable selling pressure lately…

Goldman Sachs Sees Apple beat on earnings and revenues, driven by better-than-anticipated iPhone sales

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 9:25 am8 Comments

Earnings season is here, and Goldman Sachs thinks at least one behemoth is going to beat expectations: Apple…

No, Apple is not working on tool for downgrading from iPhone to Android

Monday, January 11, 2016 5:04 pmMonday, January 11, 201619 Comments

There is no truth to this rumor…

Apple pressured by carriers to help users downgrade from iPhone to Android

Monday, January 11, 2016 9:43 amMonday, January 11, 201627 Comments

Apple is under pressure from mobile operators to make it easier for customers to downgrade from iPhone to Android…

Increase in users dumping Android to upgrade to iPhone bodes well for Apple

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 11:28 amTuesday, December 15, 201519 Comments

26% of the users who bought iPhone 6S and 6S Plus in the first month of its launch switched from Android…

Slowing smartphone growth is great news for Apple’s iPhone

Friday, December 4, 2015 11:19 pm8 Comments

2015 will be the first year that the rate at which the worldwide smartphone market expands will sink into single digits…

Over a million Android settlers have installed Apple’s ‘Move to iOS’ app

Thursday, October 29, 2015 3:26 pmThursday, October 29, 201512 Comments

Move to iOS, Apple’s first Android app, was launched right around the iPhone 6s’ release…

Apple CEO: Android to iPhone upgraders will help us smash our own 74.5 million smartphone sales record

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 10:57 amWednesday, October 28, 201515 Comments

Apple sold about 14 million iPhones to former Android owners in the last quarter…

Tim Cook: 30% of buyers last quarter upgraded from Android to real iPhones

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 7:14 pm22 Comments

During Apple’s quarterly conference call on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook said 30 percent of buyers upgraded from Android to a real iPhone…

Apple continues to widen gap between iOS, Android use in U.S.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 2:25 pmWednesday, September 23, 20159 Comments

There continues to be a greater mix of Android users switching to the iPhone 6 than in previous cycles, a reflection of demand…

Apple’s new Android app helps people upgrade to a real iPhone

Thursday, September 17, 2015 2:17 pmMonday, January 11, 20167 Comments

Everything about iOS is designed to be easy. That includes switching to it…

Android settlers lash out at Apple over ‘Move to iOS’ app in Google Play store

Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:02 pmThursday, September 17, 201545 Comments

I don’t know which is worse: Samsung’s slavish copying or that there are tens of millions of dullards and/or morally-crippled consumers who would buy such obvious knockoffs…

Apple’s ‘Move to iOS’ app released for Android on Google Play

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 11:25 pmThursday, September 17, 201539 Comments

Apple has made no secret of wanting to convert as many Android users as possible over to the iOS platform…

Apple’s new iPhone 6s/Plus: One of the biggest changes is how you’ll pay for them

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 10:02 am6 Comments

When Apple Inc. unveils its next iPhone on Wednesday, the biggest update may be in how most consumers will pay…

Android fanboy actually uses an iPhone for 2 months, dumps Android phone

Tuesday, August 11, 2015 5:30 pmTuesday, August 11, 201515 Comments

I will be making the switch to the iPhone…

CIRP claims U.S. Android users more loyal than iOS users or something

Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2:46 pmTuesday, August 11, 201531 Comments

Customers switching to AT&T and Verizon were most likely to…

Apple iPhone sees highest switching rate from Android ever recorded

Monday, August 10, 2015 10:28 amMonday, January 11, 20163 Comments

Apple has seen the highest switching rate from Android that they ever recorded…

Tim Bajarin: Apple’s iPhone strong growth opportunities

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 8:46 pmWednesday, May 6, 20156 Comments

I am as pragmatic as the next guy when it comes to forecasting iPhone growth…

Apple Watch’s halo effect may be impossible to resist

Monday, March 30, 2015 11:25 amMonday, March 30, 201515 Comments

Apple Watch might end up being just as important as…

Analyst: Android switchers fueling iPhone growth; Android users even more interested in Apple Watch than iOS users

Monday, March 23, 2015 10:26 amMonday, March 23, 201510 Comments

25% of all iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus purchases came from users who are new to iPhone…

Nearly half of iPhone 5c owners upgraded from competitors, notably Samsung and LG

Monday, December 2, 2013 1:01 pmMonday, December 2, 20136 Comments

The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech…

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