Amid an overall U.S. PC market decline of 20.5% in Q422, Apple took 17.2 percent share of the Q422 U.S. personal computer market…
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Gartner: Apple’s U.S. Mac shipments grew 19.5% year-over-year in Q2
Apple’s worldwide Mac shipments grew 9.3% year over year in Q2 and U.S. Mac shipments grew 19.5% over the same time period…
Leave it to Apple to take VR and AR headsets mainstream
If AR and VR headsets are going to go mainstream, Apple will be the one to do it – just like they did with personal computers (Mac)…
Gartner says global chip shortage expected to persist until Q222
The global chip shortage will persist through 2021, and is expected to recover to normal levels by the second quarter of 2022, Gartner…
Gartner: Apple’s Mac takes 15.1% share of U.S. personal computer market
According to preliminary estimates by Gartner, Apple’s U.S. Mac sales hold 15.1% share of the U.S. personal computer market in the first…
Apple again the world’s largest smartphone maker
FoThe launch of the 5G-capable iPhone 12 series has propelled Apple back atop their rightful throne as the world’s largest smartphone maker …
Gartner: Apple extends lead as the No. 1 semiconductor chip buyer in 2020
Apple remained the No. 1 semiconductor chip buyer in 2020, representing 11.9% of the total worldwide market, according to preliminary…
Ahead of new iPhones, Q3 smartphone sales down 5.7% to 366M – Gartner
New numbers from Gartner point to some recovery for the smartphone market. Q3 figures published today showed that smartphone unit sales …
Gartner: Apple’s iPhone sales fared far better than Android handsets in Q2
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact the global mobile phone industry, Apple’s iPhone sales fared far better than Android…
Gartner: Mac unit sales grew 5.1% worldwide in second quarter
Apple’s Mac unit sales grew 5.1% as worldwide PC shipments totaled 64.8 million units in the second quarter of 2020, a 2.8% increase…
Gartner: iPhone sales dropped 8.2% in Q120 amid COVID-19 shutdown
Global smartphone sales to end users declined 20.2% in the first quarter of 202 (Q120), according to Gartner, Inc. The global shelter-in-place combined…
Analysts still can’t seem to estimate Apple Mac sales data consistently
The latest PC market data from Gartner and IDC is in — and projects contrasting pictures depending who you believe…
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…
