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Apple iPhone dominates North America, Europe, China, and Asia-Pacific
Apple dominated the list of highest-shipping models globally in 2025, according to Counterpoint Research’s “Market Monitor Monthly…
Apple poised to reclaim its rightful crown as world’s top smartphone maker
Apple is poised to reclaim its position as the world’s top smartphone manufacturer, topping a raft of iPhone knockoff peddlers…
Google launches unauthorized Pixel-to-iPhone file sharing via Apple’s AirDrop
Google, owned by Alphabet Inc., has announced that its newest Pixel phones can now send images and other files directly to iPhones…
Smartphone maker Nothing raises $200 million at $1.3 billion valuation
London-based smartphone company Nothing has secured $200 million in funding from investors led by Tiger Global, valuing the company…
Google lays off hundreds of employees in Android, Pixel teams
Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, cut hundreds of jobs in its Android and Pixel divisions, according to a Friday report…
Apple TV app now available to those who settle for Android
The Apple TV app is now available to download from Google Play offering those who settle for Android devices access to hit, award-winning…
Apple leads smartphone sales in 2024 with 27.7% global market share
Apple, for two successive years, is the biggest supplier of smartphones worldwide with its seminal iPhone lineup, with 27.7% market share…
iPhone 16 fear prompts Google to move up Pixel phone launch
Despite debuting its “copied from Apple” Pixel phones eight years ago, Google remains a niche player to this day…
Huawei mimics Apple retail stores to peddle its iPhone knockoffs in China
Huawei is revamping its retail strategy and aggressively opening stores in China, with some nearby to the Apple retail stores…
Carjackers reject Android phone for not being a real iPhone
A man in Northwest D.C. was approached by two armed men who proceeded to take everything he had in his pockets — except his Android phone…
Qualcomm axes its Apple Emergency SOS via satellite knockoff for Android phones
With iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15, or iPhone 15 Pro, you can use Emergency SOS via satellite to text emergency services when…
Apple iPhone owners are 7.4 times more valuable than Android users
Apple iPhone owners are 7.4 times more valuable than those who settle for wannabe iPhones loaded with Android…
Apple iPhone poised to take No.1 in annual global smartphone shipments for first time ever
2023 shipments are forecast to decline 6% to 1.15 billion units, the lowest in a decade. Apple’s iPhone is the best-positioned OEM…
Apple iPhone dominates with 55% share of U.S. smartphone market
U.S. smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. Apple iPhone dominates…
Beleaguered Samsung’s Q2 profit craters 96%
Beleaguered Samsung Electronics, peddler of pretend iPhones, reported a disastrous 96% plunge in second-quarter operating profit on Friday…
Google’s derivative Android is inexorably bleeding customers to real iPhones
Last month CIRP analyzed how many Android settlers were upgrading to iPhone and found it to be at a 5-year high. Now, in a new report…
Android users upgrading to Apple iPhone at 5-year high
Since 2020, those who formerly settled for Android phones are accounting for an increased percentage of buyers of real iPhones…
Apple iPhone increases global domination of growing premium smartphone market
The global premium ($600 or more wholesale price) smartphone market, which is increasingly dominated by Apple’s market-defining iPhone, grew…
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…
Young Americans want Apple iPhones to avoid being dreaded ‘green bubbles’
Apple has captured Gen Z in America so thoroughly that younger consumers fear being socially ostracized for being “green bubbles,” not…
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 to enable 5G in India for iPhone users with iOS 16.2 beta 2 as early as next week
Apple will enable 5G for Indian users in the iOS beta program with the seeding of iOs 16.2 beta 2 to be released as early as next week…
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 to upgrade iPhone software for 5G in India this year
Apple will upgrade software for their 5G-enabled phones in India by December as the Indian government presses smartphone manufacturers…
India presses Apple for faster 5G software upgrades in iPhones
India’s government is pushing Apple and others to expedite software upgrades to support the flavors of 5G in the country, amid…
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…
Samsung’s Q2 smartphone business expected to decline 17%
Samsung’s Q2 smartphone business is expected to show a 17% decline year over year, but the chaebol is likely to turn in an overall…
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…
Android’s market share shows significant declines while Apple’s iOS gains
Android’s global share of the operating system space has been declining over the past five years. Its worldwide market share in January 2022…
Beleaguered Samsung slashes prices on performance-hobbled Galaxy S22 phone
Beleaguered Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S22 iPhone wannabe has taken a battering from reports of hobbled performance and has seen carriers…
Apple’s most boring new product likely also its most important
Apple’s most boring new product is likely also its most important. No, we’re not talking about Apple’s new 3-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable…
Samsung promises to fix their latest broken iPhone wannabe real soon now
South Korean dishwasher maker Samsung said on Friday it will offer a software update for their Galaxy S22 phone to address complaints…
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…
Apple’s iPhone has 56% share of the U.S. smartphone market
Smartphone shipments grew 10% YoY and 30% QoQ in Q4 2021 as the new iPhone 13 launched, filling channels with Apple’s iPhone…
China’s Xiaomi vows ‘War of Life and Death’ against Apple iPhone; pledges to open 20,000 retail stores in China
Apple iPhone knockoff peddler Xiaomi will ratchet up its challenge to Apple by focusing on the high-end segment of the global smartphone…
