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Tag: smartphone unit share

Gartner: Worldwide smartphone sales recorded first ever decline during Q417; Apple primed for delayed sales boost in calendar Q1

Thursday, February 22, 2018 4:02 pmThursday, February 22, 20189 Comments

Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled nearly 408 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017…

Apple’s smartphone market share dinged ahead of delayed iPhone X launch

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 9:58 am3 Comments

Apple’s delayed launch of the iPhone X hurt the iPhone market share around the world…

Is Apple’s long forgotten catalyst coming back?

Monday, November 6, 2017 11:26 am6 Comments

Apple’s fiscal 4Q17 was one of the company’s most solid quarters in recent memory…

IDC: Apple bounces back in China with 7.3% YOY growth in Q317 smartphone unit share

Monday, November 6, 2017 8:32 am1 Comment

While the smartphone market saw a flat -1% YoY growth in 2017Q3 compared to the same period last year…

IDC: Apple’s next-gen OLED iPhone will spur a major upgrade cycle in 2018

Tuesday, August 29, 2017 10:37 amTuesday, August 29, 20172 Comments

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker

IDC: Worldwide smartphone market gains steam in Q117 with shipments up 4.3%

Thursday, April 27, 2017 3:57 pm2 Comments

According to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, phone companies shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide…

Apple’s iPhone sales return to growth in the US and Europe

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 3:22 pmWednesday, August 10, 20163 Comments

The latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows that Apple’s iOS returned to growth…

IDC: Worldwide smartphone volumes relatively flat in Q216; Samsung widens market share lead over Apple

Thursday, July 28, 2016 2:59 pmThursday, July 28, 201624 Comments

Vendors shipped a total of 343.3 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter of 2016…

Apple iPhone to take share as smartphone growth slows

Friday, November 27, 2015 4:30 pm12 Comments

Chinese users shifting to better smartphones and more US users planning to upgrade this year than last year…

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…

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 closes in on struggling Samsung in Western Europe smartphone unit share

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:13 am1 Comment

Apple’s shipments climbed from 26.9 million to 30.9 million…

Samsung’s iPhone 6/Plus nightmare unfolding before its eyes

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:33 am15 Comments

Samsung’s sales and revenues have been suffering lately…

Apple, with high-end iPhones alone, poised to outsell Samsung’s total smartphone sales

Monday, January 26, 2015 3:55 pmMonday, January 26, 20157 Comments

Strong sales of Apple Inc. ’s new iPhones are pushing the company close to outselling Samsung’s entire range of phones…

With iPhone 6/Plus, Apple taking bigger slice of the smartphone pie

Thursday, November 27, 2014 9:00 amThursday, November 27, 20148 Comments

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus finally brought Apple into the world of larger-screen smartphones…

Strategy Analytics: Samsung ships new all-time record number of smartphones

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:32 pmTuesday, January 28, 201422 Comments

Global smartphone shipments grew 41 percent annually to reach a record 990 million units in 2013

iPhone 5s powers Apple back to U.S. smartphone market share lead in September – despite only being available for 10 days of month

Monday, October 21, 2013 4:01 pmMonday, October 21, 201314 Comments

The new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5 made Apple the US top smartphone seller in September…

Apple’s iPhone share expands to 43% of U.S. smartphone market

Tuesday, September 3, 2013 8:26 am9 Comments

That represents a 7.8 percentage point increase year over year…

IDC: Apple’s iPhone posted 20% YOY growth in Q213

Wednesday, August 7, 2013 2:02 pmWednesday, August 7, 201317 Comments

Vendors shipped a total of 236.4 million smartphones in Q213, up 51.3%…

Canalys: Samsung and Apple both grew global smartphone shipments, but both lost share to Chinese vendors

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 3:33 pmTuesday, August 6, 201318 Comments

Canalys has published its final Q2 2013 smartphone shipment estimates…

Smashing Apple: Is Strategy Analytics in Samsung’s pocket?

Saturday, August 3, 2013 9:07 am41 Comments

It may be no accident that Samsung and Strategy Analytics…

Apple’s iOS smartphone market share growing faster than Android in US, UK and France

Monday, July 29, 2013 5:02 pmMonday, July 29, 20139 Comments

The market research group reported a 51.5 percent share for…

Samsung knocks Apple off the handset profit throne

Friday, July 26, 2013 5:00 pmFriday, July 26, 201376 Comments

Apple has fallen off the profit throne…

Gartner: 2012 mobile phone sales declined 1.7% worldwide; Apple iPhone sales up 22.6% YOY

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:58 am7 Comments

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled 1.75 billion units in 2012…

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