The global premium ($600 or more wholesale price) smartphone market, which is increasingly dominated by Apple’s market-defining iPhone, grew…
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iPhone a ‘must have’ for Gen Z worldwide as Apple takes smartphone market share
Consumers around the world are increasingly choosing Apple’s iPhones over derivative Android iPhone wannabes, with younger Gen Z users…
Apple iPhone dominates smartphone market with 85% profit share
Apple’s iconic iPhone set a new all-time 85% profit share high from global smartphone sales in 2022, navigating a challenging…
Apple iPhone dominates Q4 smartphone shipments, market share despite CCP ‘Zero COVID’ factory shutdowns
Apple’s iPhone dominated worldwide smartphone shipments and increased market share over imitators, according to IDC…
Beleaguered Samsung’s quarterly profit plunges to 8-year low
Beleaguered Samsung on Friday said its quarterly profit tumbled by two-thirds to an eight-year low on weak demand for its iPhone knockoffs…
Apple was the only top phone vendor to increase shipments in Q3 – IDC
Apple was the only top phone vendor to increase shipments in Q3 as worldwide smartphone shipments declined 9.7% year over year…
Apple iPhone dominates global premium smartphone market with 57% share
Apple captured 57% of premium smartphone market sales as the global premium smartphone market ($400 and above wholesale price)…
Apple’s iPhone continues to sell well as smartphone market falters
The global smartphone market is faltering, but Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup continues to sell well, and the company is expecting its upcoming…
Apple iPhone dominates premium smartphone market with 62% global share
Apple’s iPhone continues to dominate the premium smartphone market with 62% share worldwide in Q1 2022, up five percentage points YoY…
Apple iPhone grows 19% to take dominating 51% market share in North America
Apple grew 19% to achieve a 51% market share, powered by the strong performance of the iPhone 13. Samsung grew just 1% for 27% market share…
Apple’s global smartphone market share surges 20% YoY leaving the imitators behind
pple has made the most significant gains in the smartphone market share over the past year as competitors struggle to catch up…
iPhone took 44% of total global smartphone revenue in 2021, Apple’s highest share ever
Apple’s revolutionary iPhone led in 2021 global smartphone market revenue with annual revenue of $196 billion. That’s 44% of total…
Google yet again to weakly follow Apple with limited user controls for ad tracking across apps
Alphabet subsidiary Google plans to weakly follow Apple by offering limited user controls for ad tracking across apps that are less robust…
Google explores ‘less stringent’ knockoff of Apple’s anti-tracking privacy feature for Android
If there’s anything Google focuses almost as much as being an online advertising broker masquerading as a search engine, it’s copying Apple…
LG Electronics mulls exit from smartphone business
LG Electronics may exit the smartphone business after losing about 5 trillion won (US$4.5 billion) over the past five years. Its CEO…
Apple iPhone’s U.S. Q220 market share ballooned to 47%
Vendors ranging from the industry’s progenitor to South Korean dishwasher makers shipped 31.9 million smartphones…
Xiaomi co-founder Lei Jun caught posting from his Apple iPhone
Today Lei Jun, Xiaomi’s CEO and co-founder, inadvertently revealed that he uses an Apple iPhone at least occasionally, and not one Xiaomi’s…
Disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin’s Essential shuts down
Essential Products, an Android smartphone peddler founded by disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin is shutting down, the comnpany confirmed Wednesday…
Samsung warns on phone sales amid strong demand for Apple iPhones
Samsung warned of weaker phone sales on Thursday after Apple set a new all-time quarterly revenue record and gave a positive iPhone sales outlook…
Apple dominates global handset market with 66% of industry profits and 32% of overall revenue
Overall global handset profits declined 11% YoY to USD 12 billion in Q3 2019 due to an increased mix of entry to mid-tier products…
Bloomberg reviews Google’s Pixel 4: Can’t beat Apple’s iPhone 11; blends into the crowd of iPhone wannabes
Google’s Pixel smartphones have always been defined by iPhone-beating cameras, backed by the know-how of its software coders…
Google’s new Pixel 4 is an overpriced disappointment; get a real iPhone instead
Google today announced the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones at an anticlimactic event in New York…
Beleaguered Samsung ends mobile phone production in China
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has ended mobile telephone production in China…
IDC: 2019 will be challenging for iPhone, shipments expected to drop to 177.9 million, down 14.8% year over year
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…
Apple dominates the global premium smartphone market
The premium segment remains the most difficult for OEMs to penetrate as it requires brand power to command such a high price across the world…
Why Apple’s TV app port isn’t to Android, but to Samsung’s Tizen
It once seemed necessary that Apple’s iTunes worked on Windows PCs…
Ars Technica reviews Samsung’s Galaxy S10+ flagship: Too many compromises at too high a price
Despite being a premium, $1,000 smartphone, the Galaxy S10 comes loaded with ads, even my unlocked version…
Apple continues to dominate premium smartphone market with 51% global share
Apple continues to lead global premium smartphone segment by capturing more than half of the market…
Apple’s App Store revenue projected to more than double by 2023
Global revenue on Apple’s platform is projected to reach $96 billion in the next five years…
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…
Nike’s Android app is bricking its Adapt BB self-tying shoes; iPhone app works fine
I’m afraid to set mine up when they come, that’s why I need to borrow a real iPhone…
IDC: Samsung edges Apple as smartphone woes continue with worldwide shipments down 4.9% in holiday quarter
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of 2018…
The maturing of the smartphone industry is cause for celebration
Analysts reckon that the number of smartphones sold in 2018 will be slightly lower than in 2017…
Apple’s revolutionary iPhone continues to own the premium smartphone market
According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor Q3 2018, the global premium smartphone segment…
After years of mocking Apple, slavish copier Samsung kills headphone jack in latest iPhone wannabe
Samsung’s first smartphone without a 3.5mm headphone jack appears…
Why iPhones and Android wannabes will get more expensive
Remember when the only phones with over-$1,000 price tags were made of leather, ruby and sapphire crystal?
iPhone owners happier, richer, have more friends than those who settle for Android knockoffs
Apple iPhone users tend to have more money, more friends, and are generally happier…
Around 1 in 5 Android phone owners plan to switch to an Apple iPhone
Among Android brands, the intention to switch to Apple’s iPhone has grown dramatically while loyalty to Android has softened…
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 bursts into flames inside New York woman’s purse
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 cellphone spontaneously combusted inside a Long Island woman’s purse…
Apple ‘wants to serve everyone,’ says Tim Cook: Wider price range opens up developing Asian markets
Apple clearly intends to maintain its position in the high-end segment…
Apple is still struggling to sell iPhones in the world’s hottest markets
Apple is gearing up for a revamp of its iPhone lineup, but it’ll need to do a lot more to catch its rivals…
How global smartphone sales growth ground to a halt
After years of rampant growth, the global smartphone market is slowing down as consumers wait…
