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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…
IDC: Apple’s App Store captured 58% of direct revenue in 2015, an increase of 36% year over year
Apple is expected to continue outperforming Google Play in terms of revenue generation…
As tablet sales take a dive, analysts expect smartphone vendors to launch convertibles
The traditional tablet may not be dying, but it’s increasingly being relegated to the low end of the market…
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%,…
IDC: Apple Mac moves up to 4th place in worldwide PC market share; continues to outperform the market
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 60.6 million units in the first quarter of 2016…
Apple Watch predicted to capture 50% market share in 2016
While the Apple Watch captured an impressive 75.5 percent share of the smartwatch market through its launch quarter…
IDC estimates Apple sold 11.6 million Apple Watch units in 2015
The worldwide wearable device market took a big step forward in the fourth quarter of 2015…
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…
Juniper: Apple Watch has already cornered the smartwatch market
Cupertino-based Apple has already cornered the market for smartwatches, according to new research…
Why the Apple Watch is the most disappointing tech product of 2015 or something
Last year at this time, the tech world was holding its breath waiting for the Apple Watch to be released…
Windows Phone and Android are failures
Windows Phone? Android? They’re both dead. Apple CEO Tim Cook holds all the cards…
Apple’s iPhone expected to outgrow Android 17.3% vs. 9.5% year-over-year
IDC estimates the total number of smartphone shipments will hit 1.43 billion units…
IDC predicts Apple iPhone’s market share to drop to 14.1% in 2019
IDC predicts worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% in 2015 to a total of 1.43 billion units…
IDC estimates Apple sold 7.5 million Apple Watches through calendar Q315
While there has been clear growth in the wearable market…
Apple supplier Avago smashes earnings record
Avago Technologies stock jumped late Wednesday after the Apple supplier reported fiscal Q4 earnings that topped Wall Street expectations…
CIRP: Android users upgrading to Apple iPhone at unprecedented rate
Apple is converting users from rival Android in record numbers, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners…
IDC: Worldwide tablet market forecast to decline more than 8% in 2015 while switch to detachable tablets continues to accelerate
Worldwide tablet shipments will reach 211.3 million units in 2015, down -8.1% from 2014…
Millions of Android settlers are now upgrading to Apple’s iPhone
Those who once settled for Android handsets continue to flock to Apple’s revolutionary iPhone in record numbers…
IDC: Apple iPhone sales up up 22.2% as new models capture upgraders and Android converts alike
According to the latest preliminary results from the International Data Corporation, Apple’s newest iPhones helped drive third quarter shipments of 48.0 million units, up 22.2%…
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…
