The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 31.4% during the fourth quarter of 2018…
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When Apple’s iPhone doesn’t change, knock off-happy Android phone peddlers don’t know what to do
Things are about to get weird…
Gartner: Apple’s iPhone unit sales suffered worst quarterly decline since first quarter of 2016
Global sales of smartphones to end users stalled in the fourth quarter of 2018…
Apple’s HomePod shipments surged 45% in holiday quarter
Smart speakers were the hottest consumer electronics product in 2018
IDC: Samsung edges Apple as smartphone woes continue with worldwide shipments down 4.9% in holiday quarter
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of 2018…
China’s smartphone market dropped 14% in 2018, with just under 400 million units shipped
In 2018, smartphone shipments in China fell to their lowest level since 2013…
Xiaomi reveals dual-folding smartphone prototype (with video)
Xiaomi president and co-founder Lin Bin is using what at first looks like a normal tablet device…
Apple launches trade-in program in China to get Android users to upgrade to iPhones
Apple is having a rough quarter selling iPhones to Chinese consumers…
Apple’s revolutionary iPhone continues to own the premium smartphone market
According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor Q3 2018, the global premium smartphone segment…
Apple’s iPhone was the top-selling smartphone on Alibaba platforms during Singles Day, beating Chinese rivals
Apple was the top-selling mobile phone brand during Alibaba’s record-breaking 24-hour Singles Day…
Chinese iPhone knockoff peddler Xiaomi’s big IPO flops on its first day of trading
Xiaomi Corp. fell as much as 6% on its debut, as an escalating trade war and uncertainty about its valuation…
Xiaomi unveils ‘Mi 8’ knockoff of Apple’s iPhone X
Chinese technology firm Xiaomi held a product launch event in Shenzhen today and unveiled the Mi 8…
Google overtakes Amazon to lead in smart speaker market unit sales
Smart speakers continue to be the world’s fastest-growing consumer technology segment…
Wearables market up 35% in first quarter as Apple maintains lead
Wearable band shipments grew 35% year on year to 20.5 million units in Q1 2018…
Apple’s HomePod makes a small dent in smart speaker market in debut quarter
Apple officially jumped into the smart speaker market in the first quarter with the HomePod…
Apple’s iPhone X remained the world’s best-selling smartphone in March
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Pulse April Edition…
Strategy Analytics: Apple shipped 600,000 HomePods in Q1 for 6% share of smart speaker market
Amazon and Google accounted for a dominant 70% share of global smart speaker shipments in Q1 2018 although their combined share has fallen from 84% in Q4 2017 and 94% in the year ago quarter…
IDC: Global wearables market grew 7.7% in Q417 and 10.3% in 2017 as Apple Watch seized the lead
The worldwide wearables market continued its upward trajectory in both the fourth quarter…
Apple iPhone surpasses Samsung to become world’s No.1 smartphone brand
According to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s next-gen 6.1-inch LCD iPhone to outsell next-gen 5.8- and 6.5-inch OLED iPhone X models
KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes consumer demand for a next-generation 6.1-inch LCD iPhone…
Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus was the 2nd-best selling phone in China last year; Apple was only foreign brand in the top ten
Apple was the only foreign brand to have a smartphone model in the top 10 best-selling handsets…
Apple wins EU trademark case against Xiaomi over ‘Mi Pad’
Apple Inc succeeded on Tuesday in preventing Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc…
TrendForce: Apple to overtake Samsung in worldwide market share thanks to iPhone X
TrendForce estimates that the iPhone production volume for this fourth quarter will reach 81 million units with iPhone X accounting for 33% of the total…
Apple may use Full Active LCD over OLED to create next-gen bezel-less iPhones
Apple Inc. has expressed interest in buying advanced liquid-crystal displays from Japan Display Inc…
Apple’s iPhone 7 remains the world’s most popular smartphone
Apple’s iPhone 7 remains the world’s most popular smartphone model overall, due to a compelling blend of user-friendly design, extensive supporting apps, and…
Apple to spend $507 million to set up two more research centers, boost investment in in China
Apple Inc. has revealed plans to set up two more research centers and boost investment in China…
Apple beats Xiaomi, ‘the Apple of China,’ in China
Xiaomi was China’s hottest phone brand in 2014 and ’15, but it couldn’t maintain the momentum in 2016…
Apple Watch sales growth is ‘off the charts,” on track for the best quarter ever
As we expected, we’re on track for the best quarter ever for Apple Watch…
Apple CEO Cook: Apple Watch sales to consumers set record in holiday week
Sales of the Apple Watch to consumers set a record during the first week of holiday shopping…
IDC: Apple Watch sales fell 71% YOY in Q316 as Series 2 launched at end of quarter
While the smartwatch market took a tumble this quarter, the overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year…
Apple to set up second R&D center in China
Apple Inc. will set up a research and development center in China’s manufacturing metropolis Shenzhen…
Apple’s first R&D Center in China will develop hardware, employ 500
Apple Inc.’s first research center in China will be a $45 million facility located in the capital to develop hardware…
Remember Xiaomi? How Apple killed the ‘Apple Killer’
What a difference two years makes. In late 2014, the financial media became obsessed with a small smartphone company called Xiaomi…
Where it all went wrong for China’s Apple iPhone-knockoff maker Xiaomi
It was just four days after Christmas 2014, and for Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi…
Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android combine for record 99.1% smartphone market share
Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 344 million units in the second quarter of 2016…
Xiaomi phone shipments slump by 38 percent in China
Xiaomi shipments tumbled by 38 percent in China for the quarter ended June 30 compared to the same period last year…
Apple iPhone drops to fifth place in China market share
Apple Inc. dropped to fifth place in Chinese smartphone shipments, losing ground in its biggest overseas market…
China replaces top internet regulator and censor with deputy
China has replaced its internet regulator, Lu Wei, the hard-liner responsible for leading the government’s efforts…
Apple to face more scrutiny as China cracks down on apps
More than half a billion Chinese smartphone users face increased monitoring of their mobile app…
China’s Apple iPhone-knockoff maker Xiaomi banned from peddling phones in India
China’s rising tech star Xiaomi has hit a snag in its plan to challenge Apple…
Apple: Stunning news on iPhone
First, the good news, then the bad…
Apple’s market position in China is stronger than many think
Apple remains one of the top smartphone sellers in the country…