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Tag: iOS also-rans

If you use one of these products, you’re probably wealthy

Monday, July 23, 2018 7:51 pm26 Comments

Some tastes are acquired…

Owning an iPhone is the most common sign of wealth

Monday, July 9, 2018 8:57 amMonday, July 9, 201830 Comments

A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research aims to infer demographics based on…

Samsung’s second-quarter profit seen flagging on lackluster Galaxy phone sales

Thursday, July 5, 2018 1:27 pmThursday, July 5, 201812 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is expected to post its smallest profit growth in more than…

Apple’s App Store is destroying Google Play in services and subscriptions

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 10:36 amMonday, July 9, 201812 Comments

Apple’s U.S. customers installed 45 new iPhone apps in 2017, a growth of 10 percent over last year…

Refurbished, high-end Apple iPhones are suffocating the growth of cheap, new Android phones

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12:01 pmWednesday, March 14, 201831 Comments

The fastest growing segment in global smartphones isn’t Google’s vision for super-cheap, simple Android phones…


Apple could gain 20% with a less expensive iPhone, says Trefis

Friday, March 2, 2018 10:17 amFriday, March 2, 201814 Comments

Apple shares are currently trading around an all-time high figure of $180…

Apple iPhone surpasses Samsung to become world’s No.1 smartphone brand

Friday, February 9, 2018 10:03 amFriday, February 9, 20188 Comments

According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service…

Apple utterly dominates the premium smartphone market in China with 85% share

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 10:00 amWednesday, February 7, 20182 Comments

According to preliminary data from the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker…

‘Google is at Apple’s mercy’ – the trouble in Alphabet’s earnings

Friday, February 2, 2018 9:30 amFriday, February 2, 201823 Comments

es, the company’s name is Alphabet these days, but it might as well be mud…

Apple leads in Indian premium smartphone market share, capturing 47% share in Q417

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 3:00 pmWednesday, January 31, 20187 Comments

In terms of best selling models, iPhone X was the leading model in the premium segment…

Apple App Store users spent nearly double that of Google Play users in Q417

Friday, January 26, 2018 4:31 pm7 Comments

When it comes to mobile operating systems, all users are simply not equal…

Apple’s App Store took 60% of mobile app sales in 2016 despite a smaller user base vs. Google’s Android

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 1:14 pmWednesday, May 17, 20178 Comments

We estimate Apple recently passed 700 million iPhones in use…

iPhone 8 buzz already hurting sales of iPhone knockoff peddlers like Samsung

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 4:42 pm9 Comments

A report from TrendForce published on Tuesday says that buzz around the iPhone 8 is already negatively affecting…

Google’s Android platform has a serious flaw

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 11:24 am17 Comments

Google’s Android 7.0 is finally here! It looks smooth and makes several improvements…

‘Quadrooter’ security flaws said to affect over 900 million Android devices

Monday, August 8, 2016 2:00 pmMonday, August 8, 20167 Comments

Four newly-discovered vulnerabilities found in Android phones and tablets allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected device…

Black Hat 2016: Apple’s iPhone destroys Android phones in security

Thursday, August 4, 2016 8:55 amThursday, August 4, 201621 Comments

Apple iPhones are killing their Android counterparts on the mobile security front…

Windows Phone and Android are failures

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 12:01 pmTuesday, December 8, 201547 Comments

Windows Phone? Android? They’re both dead. Apple CEO Tim Cook holds all the cards…

Apple supplier Avago smashes earnings record

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 7:07 pm8 Comments

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

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 3:31 pmWednesday, December 2, 20156 Comments

Apple is converting users from rival Android in record numbers, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners…

Millions of Android settlers are now upgrading to Apple’s iPhone

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:28 amTuesday, November 24, 201513 Comments

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

Thursday, October 29, 2015 9:12 amThursday, October 29, 20155 Comments

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%…

Another reminder of why Apple’s iPhone is so great

Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:56 pmThursday, October 22, 20155 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 6s is the most powerful smartphone in the world. It ushers in exciting new features and improves old features…

New Stagefright bugs leaves some 1.4 billion Android settlers vulnerable

Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:26 pmThursday, October 1, 201512 Comments

If you care about security, perhaps you should think about switching to Apple’s superior iPhone…

Apple’s iOS beats Android in multiple meaningful ways

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 5:03 pm19 Comments

Apple’s iPhone remains the handset to beat in an ever more-crowded smartphone marketplace…

Android is more fragmented than ever

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 2:19 pmWednesday, August 5, 201519 Comments

There is only one Apple…

Apple’s App Store widens revenue lead over Google Play

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:25 pmWednesday, April 15, 20158 Comments

Those who settle for Android phones and tablets are the cream of the crop…

2014: Still sick of Android

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 1:28 pmWednesday, December 17, 201426 Comments

In March 2012, I publicly called it quits with Android…

Beleaguered BlackBerry CEO: ‘I would challenge you guys to bend our Passport’

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 6:01 pmWednesday, September 24, 201434 Comments

Even BlackBerry Ltd. couldn’t resist taking a jab…

Samsung losing ground on two fronts as Apple readies hotly-anticipated iPhone 6

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 7:54 pm17 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is losing smartphone ground to Apple at the high-end…

Apple’s iPhone owns Manhattan, Android dominates Newark, stunning map shows

Friday, April 4, 2014 2:06 pmFriday, April 4, 201461 Comments

They say that a photo is worth a thousand words…

Apple’s iOS dominates in richer countries, Android in poorer regions

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:29 amTuesday, March 25, 201430 Comments

iOS owns key Western markets like the US, UK, Canada, France and Japan…

Samsung’s challenge to Apple and Google stumbles; Tizen operating system on shaky ground

Monday, February 3, 2014 10:31 amMonday, February 3, 201427 Comments

An ambitious effort by Samsung Electronics Co. to roll out smartphones…

CIRP: Apple iOS overtakes Android in U.S. mobile phone operating systems

Thursday, January 30, 2014 12:55 pmThursday, January 30, 201418 Comments

Apple iOS had a greater share of mobile phone operating systems than Google Android…

Android is eating the world

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 5:02 pmTuesday, November 26, 201332 Comments

It is the narrative that is hard to escape and it would be a significant point if…

Microsoft wants beleaguered HTC to make phones that run both Android and Windows Phone

Friday, October 4, 2013 2:32 pmFriday, October 4, 201335 Comments

Microsoft Corp. is talking to HTC Corp. about adding its Windows Phone…

CIRP survey: Where Apple and Samsung get their smartphone customers

Monday, August 19, 2013 1:02 pmMonday, August 19, 201310 Comments

Apple iPhone took three times as many switcher from Samsung as Samsung took downgraders from Apple…

The first Windows Phone with some legs

Monday, August 19, 2013 10:27 amMonday, August 19, 201319 Comments

Typically, global consumer interest in phones peaks within two months…

More nonsense about OS X from the pundits

Friday, June 21, 2013 4:31 pmFriday, June 21, 201333 Comments

I could probably devote every one of my columns to the silly comments…

Windows 8 continues to flop hard

Monday, June 3, 2013 4:10 pmMonday, June 3, 201343 Comments

Windows 8 continues to fall behind…

Apple’s iOS continues to dominate with nearly 60% Web usage share vs. Android’s 26%

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 11:13 am12 Comments

Apple’s iOS continued to dominate with nearly 60% Web usage share versus Android’s 26% share…

Why investors are already disappointed with BlackBerry 10

Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:30 amThursday, January 31, 201318 Comments

This new BlackBerry 10 platform has been in the works for years…

Unsurprisingly, survey says Apple’s iOS is highest priority among mobile developers

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:00 pmWednesday, January 23, 20135 Comments

iOS leads the platform mindshare among developers…

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