If there’s ever been an indication that Apple really needs to release that long-rumored “budget iPhone” it’s the latest set of statistics from IDC. The company monitored shipments of the first quarter of this year, and although iPhone shipments went up from 35.1 million to 37.4, its share of the market dropped to just 17% from 23% in the year ago…
As expected, the iPhone 5 is now past its first 6 months and appeal is dropping ever so slightly. The latest market research by Kantar World Panel shows iOS interest has dropped year-on-year. In the US, iOS market share dropped from 44.6% in Q1 2012 to 43.7% in the same period a year later. The story is similar in the UK, where iOS historically isn’t as…
The first quarter of 2013 was a historical one in the transition from feature phones to smartphones. It was the first time where smartphones (51.6%) were more popular across the globe than “dumb phones” (48.4%). No prizes for guessing which company is leading the pack with shipments. Samsung shipped an incredible 115 million phones in total, taking just…
Latest reports from NPD show that Amazon is really beginning to grow in terms of digital music market share. Their figures today show that Amazon’s share of digital music downloads has risen from 13% to 22% in 3 years. Despite this growth however, iTunes is still the clear dominant force in digital music, racking up 63% of all digital music downloads….
NetMarketShare.com has shared its most recent web traffic analysis for March 2013, and it looks like Apple’s mobile Safari browser is back on the up. Having previously lost a little ground to other browsers, Safari has climbed up to 61.79% web market share. That’s up just 55.41% in February. Compared to the same period in 2012, Apple’s share…
Research firm comScore today released its new information for last quarter’s phone sales. Apple is once again the top dog in the US market. Not only does Apple remain the top vendor for phones, but it also increased its market share in the previous quarter. Apple’s overall market share increased 1.9% to 36.3% in the quarter that ranged from…
If there was any doubt that the smartphone war is a two-horse race, it won’t exist following the latest market analysis. The latest figures – gathered by Strategy Analytics – indicate that Android and iOS handsets made up a huge 92% of all global smartphone shipments in the final quarter of 2012. To save you doing the math, that only leaves 8% for the…
When it comes to shipping quantities of smartphones (or any phone for that matter) no one tops Samsung. With the rising popularity of its high-end Galaxy S range as well as the attractive low-end devices like the Galaxy Ace, it has ensured every corner of the market is covered. And it tells. Last year it was one of only two companies to show growth in…
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Kantar Worldpanel ComTech has been crunching some numbers and deduced that – for the first time – iOS has taken over half of the smartphone market. The analyst firm’s report is based on sales over a 12 week period ending on November 25th this year. In the States, the iPhone made up 53.3% of smartphone sales. That’s up from 35.8% over the same period in…
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