Consumers around the world are increasingly choosing Apple’s iPhones over derivative Android iPhone wannabes, with younger Gen Z users…
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If you use one of these products, you’re probably wealthy
Some tastes are acquired…
Owning an iPhone is the most common sign of wealth
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
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
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
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
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
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service…
Apple utterly dominates the premium smartphone market in China with 85% share
According to preliminary data from the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker…
‘Google is at Apple’s mercy’ – the trouble in Alphabet’s earnings
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
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
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
We estimate Apple recently passed 700 million iPhones in use…
iPhone 8 buzz already hurting sales of iPhone knockoff peddlers like Samsung
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
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
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
Apple iPhones are killing their Android counterparts on the mobile security front…
Windows Phone and Android are failures
Windows Phone? Android? They’re both dead. Apple CEO Tim Cook holds all the cards…
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…
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%…
Another reminder of why Apple’s iPhone is so great
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
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
Apple’s iPhone remains the handset to beat in an ever more-crowded smartphone marketplace…
Android is more fragmented than ever
There is only one Apple…
Apple’s App Store widens revenue lead over Google Play
Those who settle for Android phones and tablets are the cream of the crop…
2014: Still sick of Android
In March 2012, I publicly called it quits with Android…
Beleaguered BlackBerry CEO: ‘I would challenge you guys to bend our Passport’
Even BlackBerry Ltd. couldn’t resist taking a jab…
Samsung losing ground on two fronts as Apple readies hotly-anticipated iPhone 6
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
They say that a photo is worth a thousand words…
Apple’s iOS dominates in richer countries, Android in poorer regions
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
An ambitious effort by Samsung Electronics Co. to roll out smartphones…
CIRP: Apple iOS overtakes Android in U.S. mobile phone operating systems
Apple iOS had a greater share of mobile phone operating systems than Google Android…
Android is eating the world
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
Microsoft Corp. is talking to HTC Corp. about adding its Windows Phone…
CIRP survey: Where Apple and Samsung get their smartphone customers
Apple iPhone took three times as many switcher from Samsung as Samsung took downgraders from Apple…
The first Windows Phone with some legs
Typically, global consumer interest in phones peaks within two months…
More nonsense about OS X from the pundits
I could probably devote every one of my columns to the silly comments…
Windows 8 continues to flop hard
Windows 8 continues to fall behind…
Apple’s iOS continues to dominate with nearly 60% Web usage share vs. Android’s 26%
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
This new BlackBerry 10 platform has been in the works for years…
