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Tag: smartphone sales

iPhone 18 Pro sales rise 12% YoY in China launch week, lifting apple to No. 1

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 3:15 pmWednesday, September 30, 20261 Comment

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro series posted a 12 percent year-over-year sales increase in its first week on sale in China, a strong enough opening…

Chinese sales of foreign phone makers, including Apple, drop 9.7% in May

Monday, July 7, 2025 11:01 amMonday, July 7, 2025No Comments

Sales of foreign-branded mobile phones in China, including Apple, dropped 9.7% year-on-year in May, according to data from…

Apple’s iPhone 16 the world’s best-selling smartphone in Q1

Thursday, May 29, 2025 12:01 pmThursday, May 29, 2025No Comments

Apple’s iPhone 16 was the world’s best-selling smartphone in Q1 2025, according to Counterpoint Research. This also marked the return of the…

Gartner: Apple iPhone No.1 in global smartphone sales in Q421

Thursday, March 3, 2022 2:29 pmNo Comments

Worldwide smartphone sales grew 6% in 2021, according to Gartner. Apple iPhone sales in 2021 grew 7.6% over 2020. Smartphone sales…

Ahead of new iPhones, Q3 smartphone sales down 5.7% to 366M – Gartner

Monday, November 23, 2020 3:08 pmMonday, November 23, 20202 Comments

New numbers from Gartner point to some recovery for the smartphone market. Q3 figures published today showed that smartphone unit sales …

Apple’s iPhone 11 is the world’s best selling smartphone this year – by far

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 11:11 pm6 Comments

Apple’s iPhone 11 was the world’s most-shipped smartphone in the first half of 2020. According to Omdia’s Smartphone Model Market Tracker…

Gartner: iPhone sales dropped 8.2% in Q120 amid COVID-19 shutdown

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 1:04 am2 Comments

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…

Early Asia tech results signal steady recovery after COVID-19 hit

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 11:01 amTuesday, April 7, 202011 Comments

Sales in China are rising again as COVID-19 cases there decline and global demand for chips is surging, positioning Asian tech for a steady recovery …

Smartphone sales fell 14% in February amid coronavirus pandemic

Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:59 amNo Comments

In February, global smartphone sales plummeted 14% as the coronavirus spread in China and overseas, Counterpoint Research said on Thursday…

China smartphone sales are faring far better than expected

Tuesday, March 17, 2020 4:29 pmNo Comments

In some welcome good news for Apple, smartphone sales in China are faring far better than feared year to date, Instinet analyst Jeffrey Kvaal writes…

Apple overtakes Samsung as world’s top smartphone maker; fueled by iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 11:27 amTuesday, March 3, 20153 Comments

Samsung lost the No. 1 spot to Apple in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter…

Apple beats Samsung as Galaxy fades

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:25 am11 Comments

Samsung used every trick it knew to climb the smartphone pile, but…

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