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Tag: NPD

Apple could transform the shrinking VR headset market overnight

Thursday, December 29, 2022 1:18 pm3 Comments

Sales of VR headsets in the U.S. this year declined 2%, but Apple could transform the shrinking VR headset market overnight…

Apple Watch kills a entire industry in three months

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:57 amWednesday, August 12, 201538 Comments

Apple Watch’s debut was followed by a sharp drop for the sales of traditional watches…

U.S. wristwatch sales post biggest drop in seven years after Apple Watch debut

Friday, August 7, 2015 9:34 amFriday, August 7, 201518 Comments

Apple Watch is eroding demand for traditional timepieces…

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…

NPD: Apple iPhone led 2013 US consumer smartphone sales with 45% share

Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:05 amThursday, February 20, 20146 Comments

With more than 120 million smartphones sold in the U.S. in 2013…

Apple TV, Roku dominate streaming media set-top box market

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 10:28 amTuesday, December 17, 201315 Comments

The Apple TV set-top box is quietly posting strong sales and impressive growth…

NPD: Apple’s MacBook Air dominates with 56% of U.S. thin-and-light notebook market

Sunday, June 30, 2013 12:01 pmSunday, June 30, 201319 Comments

Apple’s stellar MacBook Air, all by its lonesome, has captured the majority…

As sales of Windows PCs fade, Mac sales hold steady in April

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:42 am11 Comments

According to NPD, Mac sales for the month of April in North America…

NPD: Nearly one-third of all U.S. smartphone sales are prepaid

Monday, May 20, 2013 2:41 pm8 Comments

Year-over-year total smartphone sales increased 42 percent

Apple AirPlay leads screen sharing technology usage among small number who use it

Monday, April 15, 2013 2:01 pmMonday, April 15, 201313 Comments

40 percent of smartphone and tablet owners are aware of screen mirroring capabilities…

Apple still seeing strong Mac sales growth as iMac supply constraints ease

Monday, March 18, 2013 5:02 pmMonday, March 18, 201316 Comments

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster today issued a new research report…

NPD: Apple took 20% of US consumer technology sales revenue in 2012

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:33 amTuesday, February 19, 201311 Comments

The NPD Group on Tuesday revealed that Apple accounted for 20% of all 2012 U.S. consumer tech sales…

NPD: 7.9-inch iPad mini set to eclipse 9.7-inch iPad; Apple doubles production for Christmas quarter

Friday, December 14, 2012 11:01 amMonday, December 17, 201231 Comments

Apple’s new iPad mini could become the iPad standard bearer…

NPD: U.S. market may be too saturated for the new iPhone to beat the iPhone 4S’s record sales

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:02 pmTuesday, September 11, 201254 Comments

The NPD Group’s Stephen Baker chose Tuesday 9/11…

Analyst expects Apple to set new record for Mac sales this quarter

Monday, September 10, 2012 5:01 pmMonday, September 10, 201213 Comments

The latest domestic sales data from the NPD Group shows U.S. Mac sales…

NPD: Apple iPhone takes U.S. market share crown with 31 percent; tops Samsung handily

Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:39 am10 Comments

According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, driven by sales…

Apple maintains top mobile PC share in Q112 on 162% iPad growth YOY

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:55 pm11 Comments

Apple shipped nearly 17.2 million mobile PCs in Q1’12, accounting for 118% Y/Y shipment growth…

NPD: Apple leads mobile PC shipments in Q112

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:01 pmTuesday, May 22, 20125 Comments

Apple led the market in mobile PC shipments during the March quarter…

NPD: Apple iPad market share to decrease from 72.1% in 2012 to 50.9% in 2017

Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:16 am28 Comments

Shipments of tablet PCs are expected to grow from 81.6 million units…

40% of non-tablet owners still think they need a physical keyboard

Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:04 amThursday, March 15, 201236 Comments

Reflecting shifts in both the competitive landscape and consumer demand…

NPD Group: Over 40% of iPad owners have household income of $100,000 or more

Friday, February 17, 2012 12:01 pmFriday, February 17, 201211 Comments

More than 40% of iPad owners have a household income of $100,000 or more

NPD: Tablet shipments to explode five-fold to 383.3 million units by 2017

Monday, January 30, 2012 11:43 am19 Comments

Shipments of tablet PCs are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million units by 2017…

Apple’s iPhone dramatically eating into Android sales

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:20 pm14 Comments

iPhone sales are on the up, while Android device sales have slumped precipitously…

NPD: Apple iOS market share jumps from 26% to 43%, Android plummets from 60% to 47%

Monday, January 9, 2012 3:44 pmMonday, January 9, 201226 Comments

According to a new report from research firm NPD, iOS’s U.S. market share…

NPD: HP’s poor-selling, defunct TouchPad outsold Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom in U.S.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:17 pmTuesday, November 22, 201128 Comments

U.S. tablet sales, excluding iPad sales, totaled more than 1.2 million units sold…

Mac Attack: Apple’s Macintosh sales headed for new record

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:01 amTuesday, November 15, 20115 Comments

New metrics from research outfit NPD show Mac sales up 19 percent year over year…

NPD claims Apple iPad not responsible for Windows PC laptop slump

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:05 pmWednesday, May 11, 201118 Comments

Many analysts have attributed the latest slump in portable PC sales…

NPD: Apple iPhone 4 for Verizon best-selling mobile phone in U.S.; causes Android to lose share for first time since Q209

Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:52 amTuesday, May 3, 201130 Comments

After launching on Verizon, Apple’s iPhone 4 further solidified its position as the top-selling mobile phone in the U.S…

NPD: Apple’s new MacBook Pro pushed U.S. Mac sales up 47% as PC sales dropped

Monday, April 18, 2011 4:32 pm10 Comments

Driven by strong sales of the new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Pro lineup…

NPD: 61% of digital movies are streamed via Netflix in U.S.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:09 pmTuesday, March 15, 201117 Comments

According to a recent review of the home video market in the U.S…

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