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Apple to make in-house displays in 2024 in shift away from Samsung
Apple plans to begin using its own custom displays in mobile devices as early as 2024, reducing its reliance on Samsung and bringing…
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…
As only Apple sees growth among major smartphone makers, Qualcomm sees smartphone slump worsening
As only Apple’s iPhone shows growth among major smartphone makers, citing increasingly higher rates of Android switchers, Qualcomm …
Apple iPhone is now India’s second most preferred brand for future purchases
Apple’s work in India, after many stops and starts, is paying off with the iPhone now the second most preferred brand (20%) for future…
Apple iPhone sales grow while global smartphone market falls 9% in Q3 as consumers trim spending
Apple was the only vendor in the top five to record positive growth, improving its market position further with an 18% share during…
Apple expected to launch foldable iPhone in 2024 or 2025 – analyst
In a move that will begin to take foldable smartphones mainstream, an analyst expects Apple to release a foldable iPhone in 2024 or 2025…
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…
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 looks to diversity memory chip supply chain
Apple is looking to diversify its supply chain from memory chips. That comes after a production disruption at key Japanese partner Kioxia…
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…
Gartner: Apple iPhone No.1 in global smartphone sales in Q421
Worldwide smartphone sales grew 6% in 2021, according to Gartner. Apple iPhone sales in 2021 grew 7.6% over 2020. Smartphone sales…
iPhone 14 said to get even longer battery life as Apple dumps Samsung for new TSMC 5G chips
Apple will continue pushing battery life even further with the iPhone 14, as the compnay is said to be dumping Samsung for more efficient 5G…
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…
Apple’s A15 Bionic-powered iPhone 13 lineup destroys Samsung’s latest Galaxy S22
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S22 phone lineup lags woefully behind Apple’s A15 Bionic-powered iPhone 13 lineup in performance benchmark testing…
Apple received $891 million in subsidies from U.S. states in 2021
According to a recent report by Good Jobs First and the union federation UNI Global Union, Apple received $891 million in subsidies from…
Outclassed Samsung partners with AMD in attempt to keep up with Apple Silicon
Outclassed Samsung introduced its first mobile processor powered by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) graphics as the company…
Apple South Korea sales surge 24% to $5.97 billion in 2021
Apple South Korea’s sales jumped 24 percent on-year to hit 7.1 trillion won (US$5.97 billion) last year, according to its audit report filings…
Samsung’s home country, South Korea, targets Apple over new App Store regulation
Apple is on a collision course with Samsung’s home country of South Korea – also known colloquially as “The Republic of Samsung” – on Friday…
U.S. Commerce Secretary: ‘Aggressive’ action on chip shortage needed
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Thursday it is time to get “aggressive” in addressing the worsening chip shortage…
Apple Watch dominates with 52.5% worldwide smartwatch market share
Global smartwatch shipments soared 47% annually as Apple Watch maintained first position with 52.5% global smartwatch market share …
Alaska Airlines flight evacuated after Samsung Galaxy phone ignites fire
A passenger’s Samsung Galaxy phone caught on fire inside the cabin of an Alaska Airlines flight from New Orleans to Seattle that…
Apple iPhone shipments grow 15.7% YOY in Europe in Q2
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Apple iPhone shipments grew 15.7% year-over-year in Europe in calendar Q2…
Apple’s iPad continues to dominate in worldwide tablet shipments
The second quarter of 2021 was another strong quarter for Apple’s iPad and derivative tablets with the category recording growth…
Apple’s Q2 iPhone shipments up 17.8% year-over-year – IDC
Apple’s iPhone shipments in the second calendar quarter are up 17.8% year-over-year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC)…
Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup displays its 5G dominance
Last October, Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup quickly climbed the charts to become the best-selling 5G smartphone – despite being on sale for just…
Survey: Apple brand loyalty at an all-time high of 92% as Android brands plummet
A survey to gauge the brand loyalty of five major smartphone brands, determine the preferred brand of choice for switchers, discover…
Apple continues to dominate worldwide wearables market
Apple continues to dominate the worldwide wearables market as shipments of wearable devices reached 153.5 million in the Q420…
Apple again the world’s largest smartphone maker
FoThe launch of the 5G-capable iPhone 12 series has propelled Apple back atop their rightful throne as the world’s largest smartphone maker …
Gartner: Apple extends lead as the No. 1 semiconductor chip buyer in 2020
Apple remained the No. 1 semiconductor chip buyer in 2020, representing 11.9% of the total worldwide market, according to preliminary…
Apple Silicon will lead the way in 5nm chips this year
Counterpoint expects Apple to lead the way as the top customer in 5nm this year (with all orders to TSMC), including Apple Silicon fab…
Beleaguered Intel has few good options as investor demands break-up
Activist investor Daniel Loeb wants Intel to consider splitting its chip manufacturing operations from its chip design and development…
Third Point urges snail-like Intel to explore strategic alternatives as market share deteriorates
Third Point, the hedge fund led by Dan Loeb, is urging snail-like Intel’s board of directors to hire an investment adviser to explore…
Apple iPhone gains significant market share in Germany
Apple gained share as the company’s new iPhone SE 2020 hit the sweet spot in Germany, even as the country’s smartphone market…
Apple Mac again leads in personal computer customer satisfaction
Apple’s Mac once again leads in personal computer customer satisfaction as Americans spending more time on their personal computers…
Apple reportedly orders ‘large number’ of Samsung foldable display samples
Apple has requested that Samsung provide foldable display samples for a potential future iPhone. Samsung currently supplies OLEDs to Apple…
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…
Huawei passes Samsung to become No.1 in global smartphone unit sales
In the never-ending quest of fake iPhone peddlers to make it up on volume, Huawei last quarter passed Samsung to become No. in global smartphone unit sales…
Apple now worth more than all South Korean stocks combined
South Korea is failing to keep pace with some of its largest customers. The result is that the worth of Apple Inc. now exceeds the combined value of…
Apple pays Samsung $950 million for missing OLED purchase targets
According to display analysts at Display Supply Chain Consultants, Apple in the second quarter of 2020 paid Samsung approximately $950 million for not…
Apple Watch continues to dominate global smartwatch market share
Worldwide smartwatch shipments reached 14.3 million units in Q120.The Apple Watch platform dominates global smartwatch market share and is growing steadily…
Gartner: iPhone sales dropped 8.2% in Q120 amid COVID-19 shutdown
Global smartphone sales to end users declined 20.2% in the first quarter of 202 (Q120), according to Gartner, Inc. The global shelter-in-place combined…
