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U.S. smartphone shipments rose 30% in March, spurred by tariff concerns

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:08 amNo Comments

Smartphone shipments to the U.S. jumped 30% in March as manufacturers Apple, Samsung, and Motorola rushed to import more devices…

Apple iPhone dominates with 55% share of U.S. smartphone market

Friday, July 28, 2023 10:31 am3 Comments

U.S. smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. Apple iPhone dominates…

Apple’s Q2 iPhone shipments up 17.8% year-over-year – IDC

Friday, July 30, 2021 10:47 am2 Comments

Apple’s iPhone shipments in the second calendar quarter are up 17.8% year-over-year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC)…

Survey: Apple brand loyalty at an all-time high of 92% as Android brands plummet

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 11:56 am15 Comments

A survey to gauge the brand loyalty of five major smartphone brands, determine the preferred brand of choice for switchers, discover…

Lenovo planning to resurrect Razr as a foldable $1,500 cellphone

Thursday, January 17, 2019 11:17 pm11 Comments

Remember the Motorola Razr from the early 2000s? Motorola’s super-thin, metallic flip phone…

The secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple buy NeXT

Thursday, July 26, 2018 12:00 pmThursday, July 26, 20184 Comments

An engineer walked me to my office while saying it had been nice knowing me…

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…

92% of iPhone users refuse to downgrade to Android

Thursday, May 18, 2017 5:30 pmThursday, May 18, 201715 Comments

According to data released in a research note this week from investment banking-giant…

IDC: Apple Watch continues to dominate in smartwatch market share

Monday, May 16, 2016 5:55 pmMonday, May 16, 20169 Comments

A combination of device releases, price reductions, and company rationalizations marked the first quarter of 2016…

Android device performance lags behind Apple’s iOS; Device failure rates show glaring disparity

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 12:55 pmWednesday, May 11, 201616 Comments

Android is crap-by-committee lowest-common-denominator junk…

Bad news for Fragmandroid: FCC and FTC launch inquiry over mobile security updates

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 9:09 amTuesday, May 10, 201614 Comments

The FTC said it had ordered eight companies to explain the process for issuing security updates…

Apple continues to dominate U.S. smartphone marketshare

Friday, March 4, 2016 2:28 pmFriday, March 4, 20167 Comments

198.5 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (79.1 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in January…

Rivals line up to target market-dominating Apple Watch

Friday, November 6, 2015 12:55 pmFriday, November 6, 201524 Comments

Apple Watch has the smartwatch market largely to itself, selling millions of units each quarter while rivals are lucky to sell a couple hundred thousand…

Apple’s new iPhone 6s/Plus: One of the biggest changes is how you’ll pay for them

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 10:02 am6 Comments

When Apple Inc. unveils its next iPhone on Wednesday, the biggest update may be in how most consumers will pay…

comScore: Apple continues to amass U.S smartphone market share

Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:53 pm11 Comments

191.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (77.1 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in July…

Germany’s highest appeals court rejects Apple’s ‘slide to unlock’ patent appeal

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 4:25 pmWednesday, August 26, 201510 Comments

Apple Inc patents covering the ‘slide to unlock’ feature on smartphones are invalid…

The biggest cell phone ripoff: $100 for 32 GB of storage

Monday, August 17, 2015 9:25 amMonday, August 17, 201542 Comments

If you paid an extra $100 or even $200 for a smartphone with more storage…

Kantar: Apple’s iOS share grows worldwide

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 10:55 amWednesday, August 5, 20153 Comments

The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech…

Nomura ups Apple to ‘Buy’ on strong iPhone growth, increasing Android switchers

Friday, July 31, 2015 3:45 pmFriday, July 31, 201516 Comments

We expect Apple to extend its share gains in 2016…

Samsung drops $10 billion in market value on poor demand for Galaxy S6 phones

Friday, July 31, 2015 9:28 amFriday, July 31, 201516 Comments

Sluggish sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S6 smartphones…

Samsung will never overcome Apple’s advantage in mobile device profitability

Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:39 pmThursday, July 30, 201511 Comments

Samsung’s June quarter earnings release contained a steep y/y decline…

Apple surges, Microsoft collapses in worldwide mobile phone market share

Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:58 pmThursday, July 30, 201528 Comments

Apple grew 35 percent annually and shipped 47.5 million iPhones…

Apple iPhone shipments show impressive growth as Samsung falls

Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:27 amThursday, July 30, 201514 Comments

Global smartphone shipments grew 15 percent annually to reach 340 million units…

Apple iPhone increases U.S. smartphone market share lead

Friday, May 8, 2015 9:25 amFriday, May 8, 20157 Comments

comScore today released data from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix…

Amazon and Best Buy slash prices on Moto 360 stupidwatch

Friday, April 10, 2015 4:55 pmFriday, April 10, 201527 Comments

As the revolutionary Apple Watch preorders kicked off, Motorola’s Moto 360 flop saw it’s price hacked today…

Researcher: Apple to quickly become the world’s No. 1 smartwatch vendor

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:25 pmThursday, March 5, 201513 Comments

Soon it’ll be Apple Watch and ‘others’…

Looming Apple Watch spurs frenzy of upgrades for Android stupidwatches

Monday, March 2, 2015 8:33 amMonday, March 2, 20156 Comments

As Apple Inc. prepares to release its much-heralded Apple Watch…

Apple took 89% of Q4 smartphone profits, leaving Android mired at record-low 11%

Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:27 amThursday, February 26, 201518 Comments

Android captured a record-low 11% global smartphone profit share

Lenovo-owned Motorola president: Apple prices are ‘outrageous’

Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:54 amThursday, February 19, 201543 Comments

The boss of Motorola has slammed iPhone prices as ‘outrageous’ after its…

Apple stymied Nexus 6 fingerprint sensor

Monday, January 26, 2015 8:55 amMonday, January 26, 201519 Comments

Dennis Woodside took over Motorola when the search giant bought the company…

Powered by iPhone 6/Plus, Apple dominates US mobile phone sales in 4th quarter

Friday, January 23, 2015 5:35 pmFriday, January 23, 201513 Comments

The strength of the September 2014 launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus fueled Apple’s dominance…

Smartphones: Apple knows what it’s doing, Google doesn’t

Sunday, December 21, 2014 3:25 pm19 Comments

Google’s smartphone product strategy and sales are going from bad to worse…

comScore: Apple increased lead as top U.S. smartphone maker even before iPhone 6/Plus release

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 4:26 pm10 Comments

comScore today released data from comScore MobiLens and Mobile Metrix…

Apple Watch freezes the smartwatch market – what there currently is of it

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:22 pmWednesday, September 10, 201422 Comments

Apple has made sure consumers had a reason to wait for its launch…

comScore: Apple gains U.S. smartphone share ahead of iPhone 6

Friday, September 5, 2014 4:33 pmFriday, September 5, 20144 Comments

Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with…

Apple iPhone increases U.S. smartphone market share; Android loses share to iOS

Thursday, August 7, 2014 2:37 pmThursday, August 7, 201411 Comments

Apple ranked as the top U.S. smartphone manufacturer with…

Apple and Google agree to drop some old Motorola patent infringement lawsuits

Saturday, May 17, 2014 2:02 pmSaturday, May 17, 201416 Comments

The issues that caused Steve Jobs to call Android a ‘stolen product’ remain…

CNET’s Broida: After two months with Android, I’m going back to Apple’s iPhone

Friday, March 28, 2014 3:31 pmFriday, March 28, 201438 Comments

I decided I wanted something with a bigger screen…

iPhone, Galaxy, iPad, Nexus: Here’s how they really rate

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 2:29 pmTuesday, March 11, 201411 Comments

Much as changed since we developed our criteria and weightings four years ago…

comScore: #1 Apple continues to take U.S. smartphone market share

Friday, March 7, 2014 1:02 pmFriday, March 7, 201419 Comments

Apple ranked as the top U.S. smartphone manufacturer…

Apple’s iPhone 5c gains momentum in UK; especially popular with British females

Monday, February 24, 2014 3:00 pmMonday, February 24, 201417 Comments

When Apple first launched its new iPhones…

NPD: Affluent US consumers choose Apple iPhones

Thursday, February 20, 2014 6:05 pmThursday, February 20, 20149 Comments

Apple maintained its top position in the US smartphone market…

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