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IDC: Apple’s Mac sales rocketed 111.5% in Q121 year-over-year

Monday, April 12, 2021 11:08 am5 Comments

Global shipments of traditional PCs grew 55.2% YOY during Q121, while Apple’s Mac sales easily lead the pack with 111.5% growth …

Strong iPhone 12 demand ups Apple’s market share in Gulf countries

Monday, March 29, 2021 9:14 amNo Comments

Apple posted a remarkable 55.7% QoQ increase in Gulf countries shipments in Q4 2020 following the release of its iPhone 12 line of devices…

Apple continues to dominate worldwide wearables market

Monday, March 15, 2021 3:46 pm1 Comment

Apple continues to dominate the worldwide wearables market as shipments of wearable devices reached 153.5 million in the Q420…

Apple’s iPhone dominates Japan smartphone market with 53.2% share

Thursday, February 25, 2021 10:27 am4 Comments

IDC Japan this week announced the shipment volume of domestic smartphones. Apple’s iPhone dominates the Japan market with 52.6% share…

Apple gains market share worldwide – analyst

Friday, February 19, 2021 11:34 am5 Comments

Apple is gaining market share worldwide as IDC research in Q4 finds robust 5G iPhone demand and Apple taking share from Huawei while…

IDC: Apple iPhone grew 34.7% YOY in China in Q4

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 12:52 pm2 Comments

Apple recorded its highest shipments in China since 2016 and was the only top 5 vendor that achieved a full-year growth. The iPhone 12 series…

IDC: Apple Mac sales grow 49.2% year-over-year in Q420

Monday, January 11, 2021 4:12 pm3 Comments

Apple’s Mac sales grew a whopping 49.2% in the fourth quarter (holiday) quarter of 2020 versus Q4 in 2019. Q420 saw global shipments grow…

IDC: Apple Mac sales rocket in Q3 with 38.9% year-over-year growth

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:20 am4 Comments

As the global pandemic continues, the remote work and learning COVID-19-induced boom saw Apple’s Mac sales rocket in Q3 with 38.9% growth…

IDC: Wearables market to near 400 million units this year on double digit growth

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 9:41 amNo Comments

Global shipments of wearable devices are expected to total 396.0 million units in 2020 according to new data from IDC…

IDC: Apple dominates Q220 wearables with 34.2% market share

Monday, August 31, 2020 12:56 pm1 Comment

The market for wearable devices grew 14.1% during the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), as Apple’s domination continues, thanks to…

IDC expects worldwide smartphone shipments to plummet 11.9% in 2020

Wednesday, June 3, 2020 9:13 am1 Comment

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 11.9% year over year in 2020 with shipments totaling 1.2 billion units, according to…

Apple iPhone continues to dominate India’s premium smartphone market

Friday, May 8, 2020 9:59 amNo Comments

Apple’s iPhone continued to dominate India’ premium (US$500+) smartphone segment with 62.7% market share. However, in India, the sub-US$200 segment…

Apple Watch and AirPods dominate wearables market share

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:42 amWednesday, March 11, 20202 Comments

Apple dominated in worldwide wearables market share, shipping 43.4 million units in 4Q19 thanks to its refreshed AirPods, AirPods Pro, and Apple Watch…

IDC: Apple takes top spot in Q4 2019 worldwide smartphone market share

Thursday, January 30, 2020 3:25 pmThursday, January 30, 2020No Comments

Apple’s iPhone took the top spot in Q4 2019 worldwide smartphone market share with year-over-year growth of 7.9%, thanks to the iPhone 11 series…

IDC: Worldwide wearables market to top 300 million units in 2019 and nearly 500 million units in 2023

Monday, December 16, 2019 9:27 amMonday, December 16, 20191 Comment

Continued end-user demand, proliferation of devices, and declining average selling prices will propel the worldwide wearables market in the years to come…

IDC: Apple dominates worldwide wearables market, posts 195.5% YOY growth

Monday, December 9, 2019 3:31 pmNo Comments

Global shipments of wearable devices totaled 84.5 million units in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), a year-over-year increase of 94.6%…

IDC: 2019 will be challenging for iPhone, shipments expected to drop to 177.9 million, down 14.8% year over year

Monday, September 9, 2019 5:14 pm6 Comments

A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows signs of market recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020…

Analysts still can’t seem to estimate Apple Mac sales data consistently

Friday, July 12, 2019 7:00 amFriday, July 12, 20194 Comments

The latest PC market data from Gartner and IDC is in — and projects contrasting pictures depending who you believe…

U.S. President Trump says meeting with China went ‘far better than expected’

Saturday, June 29, 2019 7:50 pm29 Comments

The meeting exceeded expectations, Trump said, tweeting that it went “far better than expected.” The president also elaborated on…

Here’s one way Apple could benefit from the U.S.-China trade war

Saturday, June 29, 2019 11:01 amSaturday, June 29, 201918 Comments

The global smartphone market fell 6.6% during the first quarter of 2019, according to ID, but…

IDC: Apple Watch to lead smartwatch growth through at least 2023

Thursday, June 20, 2019 9:00 am1 Comment

The market for wearable devices is on track to reach global shipments of 222.9 million units in 2019, growing to 302.3 million units in 2023…

IDC: Apple expected to gain traction in smart home market

Monday, April 1, 2019 10:01 amMonday, April 1, 20194 Comments

The global market for smart home devices is expected to grow 26.9% year over year in 2019 to 832.7 million shipments…

IDC: Apple Watch will account for 27.5% of all smartwatches in 2023

Monday, March 18, 2019 5:46 pmMonday, March 18, 20193 Comments

The worldwide market for wearable devices, now inclusive of wireless headphones with smart assistants…

The Apple Watch is proving to be a big deal

Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:01 amThursday, March 14, 201921 Comments

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

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 9:29 amWednesday, March 6, 20197 Comments

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

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 4:33 pmTuesday, March 5, 2019No Comments

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

Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:56 amThursday, February 21, 20195 Comments

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

Monday, February 11, 2019 3:01 pmMonday, February 11, 20199 Comments

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

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 7:14 pm9 Comments

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

Monday, November 26, 2018 10:27 amMonday, November 26, 201812 Comments

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

Thursday, August 2, 2018 3:44 pmThursday, August 2, 20182 Comments

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

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 10:45 amWednesday, May 30, 20184 Comments

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

Friday, March 2, 2018 4:35 pmFriday, March 2, 20188 Comments

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

Thursday, March 1, 2018 3:27 pmThursday, March 1, 2018No Comments

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

Monday, February 12, 2018 8:15 am13 Comments

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

Friday, January 12, 2018 9:30 amFriday, January 12, 20181 Comment

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

Friday, January 12, 2018 8:55 amFriday, January 12, 201812 Comments

Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 70.6 million units…

Cellular-capable Apple Watch ushers in digital health revolution

Wednesday, December 27, 2017 5:32 pmWednesday, December 27, 201715 Comments

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

Friday, December 22, 2017 2:15 pmFriday, December 22, 20173 Comments

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

Friday, November 3, 2017 2:09 pm11 Comments

Two industry surveys didn’t come close to estimating Apple’s Mac unit sales accurately…

IDC: Apple Mac slightly increases marketshare in Q317

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 9:57 amWednesday, October 11, 20177 Comments

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

Tuesday, August 29, 2017 10:37 amTuesday, August 29, 20172 Comments

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker

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