The latest PC market data from Gartner and IDC is in — and projects contrasting pictures depending who you believe…
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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…
Gartner: Apple’s Mac sales dip slightly, marketshare increases in Q4
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.6 million units in 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…
Gartner: Apple Mac posts 1.5% growth as worldwide PC shipments drop 1.4% in Q118
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 61.7 million units in the first quarter of 2018…
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…
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: Consumers are increasingly opting for smartwatches instead of basic wearables
The market for smartwatches like the Apple Watch grew nearly 60.9 percent…
Apple Watch to dominate smartwatches through 2021, says Gartner
Gartner sees smartwatches taking over from simpler ‘wristbands’ in the next five years…
Gartner: Apple Watch leading worldwide wearable device sales
Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 310.4 million wearable devices will be sold worldwide in 2017…
Despite drop in PC market, Apple’s Macintosh holds its own
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 61.1 million units in the second quarter of 2017…
Gartner: Apple’s worldwide Mac sales grew 4.5% in Q117
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.2 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 2.4 percent decline…
Gartner: Apple again world’s No. 1 smartphone vendor
Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 432 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016…
Gartner: Apple’s Mac returned to growth in Q416
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 72.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016…
Foxconn reports first sales dip in 25 years; weak demand prior to iPhone 7 blamed
Foxconn, Apple’s main assembly partner, on Tuesday declared its first-ever annual sales decline…
Gartner expects weaker YOY iPhone volume performance from 2016’s iPhone 6s, return to growth in 2017 with iPhone 7
Gartner, Inc. today said worldwide combined shipments for devices…
Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android combine for record 99.1% smartphone market share
Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 344 million units in the second quarter of 2016…
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…
Gartner: Top 10 technologies coming to smartphones starting this year
The top 10 smartphone technologies and capabilities that will soon create more compelling experiences for the user, and unravel new business models for mobile device vendors…
Gartner: PC Shipments hit 9-year low as Apple grows Mac shipments
Research firm Gartner this afternoon reported that personal computer sales in Q1 dropped 9.6%,…
Gartner: Wearable sales to grow 18.4 percent worldwide in 2016
Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016…
Apple Watch kickstarted interest in wearable devices; sales of fitness trackers and VR headsets are set for rapid growth
The impact of Apple ‘popularizing wearables as a lifestyle trend’ which is set to have the largest impact on device sales…
Apple’s Mac sales continue to outgrow Windows PCs
The Mac computer line that started it all for Apple is largely forgotten nowadays by analysts…
Apple was the only personal computer maker to experience growth in 2015
Apple was the only PC manufacturer to see YoY growth in the personal computer market…
Apple’s ‘tough compare’ may not be so tough after all
As we get closer to Apple’s earnings report on the 26th, Apple investors are finally getting some reliable indicators…
Apple continues to beat the Windows PC market
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 75.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 8.3 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2014…
Gartner: Apple continues to dominate the premium smartphone market
Apple continued its dominance in the premium segment of the smartphone market with its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models…
IDC’s Mac unit sales estimates look too low
Over the past four years the Mac unit increase from the June to September quarter has been…
Mac sales slowest in two years, but still well ahead of the rest of the PC industry
Ahead of new retina 4K iMac and likley accessories launch next week, Apple sold…
Gartner: Apple Mac keeps gaining share as Windows PC sales continue decline
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 73.7 million units in the third quarter of 2015, a 7.7 percent decline…
Believing failed industry analysis
If you can believe what some industry analysts have been saying…
Gartner: Apple iPhone sales increase 36%, beleaguered Samsung declines 5.3% YOY in Q215
Android’s year-over-year growth rate at its lowest ever…
PC shipments plunge, but Apple Mac sales surge
Fewer and fewer people are buying PCs, unless they are made by Apple…
IDC: Mac sales up 16.1% in June quarter as PC industry shrinks 11.8 percent
Continuing to buck trends, Mac sales rose 16.1 percent year-over-year…
Apple overtakes Samsung as world’s top smartphone maker; fueled by iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
Samsung lost the No. 1 spot to Apple in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter…
Apple looks to reverse the troubling tablet trend revealed in Gartner’s latest study
On the eve of the Apple Event scheduled for tomorrow morning…
Apple expected to unveil thinner, more powerful iPads on Thursday
More than 50 percent of households in the United States…
Why Apple isn’t worried about iPad’s IDC tablet ‘market share’
In the face of dubious market research portraying Apple’s iPad…
IDC and Gartner numbers do not jibe with Apple’s double digit U.S. Mac growth
Apple reported ‘strong double digit growth’ in its Mac sales in the U.S…
Gartner: Apple Mac third in U.S. PC market with 10.8% share in Q114
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.6 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a 1.7 percent decline…
Clueless Ford to drop Microsoft vehicle tech for beleaguered BlackBerry
Ford Motor Co., struggling with in-car technology flaws…
Gartner: Apple gained mobile phone share as smartphones overtook feature phone sales in 2013
Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users totaled 968 million units in 2013…
