Apple Watch, AirPods beneficiaries of coronavirus-driven wearables boom

Smartwatches and fitness trackers like the Apple Watch have benefitted from the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020, according to Gartner, with consumer spending on wearable devices likely to continue to rise throughout 2021 and into 2022.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 0

Apple drops to fourth in global smartphone race during rough Q3

Apple's share of the global smartphone market contracted in the third quarter of 2020 as part of a wider slowdown blamed on coronavirus worries, dropping the iPhone maker into fourth place.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 11

Apple iPhone shipments flat in Q2 despite wider market decline

New smartphone shipment estimates suggest that Apple's iPhone sales were roughly flat during the second quarter of 2020, bucking wider industry headwinds caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 1

Apple iPhone shipments slumped in Q1 due to coronavirus, Gartner says

Global shipments of Apple's iPhone suffered a year-over-year decline in the first quarter of 2020, but the downturn was not as severe as dips felt by other major smartphone manufacturers during a period impacted by fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Mikey Campbell 6 years ago 4

5G will fuel smartphone industry growth — but it is only a temporary push

The spread of 5G into mainstream usage will help create a surge of smartphone sales but the hype behind 5G will only be a temporary lift for sales of devices like Apple's 2020 iPhone refresh, with the market expected to contract in 2022.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 7

Mac shipments continue to slide in Q4 as PC market grows

Apple's share of the worldwide PC market continued a year-long downward trend amidst a wider industry rebound, as Mac shipments shrank in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to estimates released on Monday by market research firms Gartner and IDC

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 59

Mac shipments grow slightly, but Apple's PC market share shrinks [u]

Apple's market share in the global PC market shrunk slightly in the third quarter of 2019 compared with last year, according to Canalys, despite the company seeing a year-on-year increase in Mac and MacBook shipments.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 35

Apple's Mac sales are up a lot or down slightly in Q2 depending on who you ask

Market research firms IDC and Gartner released widely diverging worldwide PC marketshare estimates for the second quarter of 2019 on Thursday, with one firm finding Mac shipments up nearly 10% while the other saw Apple suffering negative growth.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 14

iPhone's global marketshare drops in March quarter as Chinese rivals remain ascendant

Apple saw the iPhone drop to 11.9% of the global smartphone market in the March quarter, even as Chinese rivals like Huawei bucked the industry's overall decline.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 25

Apple's holiday quarter hit market share hard, but still second-largest smartphone producer

Apple saw the biggest decline in smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of 2018 out of all major device vendors, according to Gartner's analysis of the global smartphone market, with the iPhone's reduced sales also causing Apple's market share to diminish compared to the same period in 2017.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 10

Apple sees Mac sales dip, marketshare increase in Q4 PC industry estimates

Compounding problems stemming from soft iPhone sales, Apple may have seen Mac shipments decline in the December quarter, early research estimates indicated on Thursday.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 45

Gartner, IDC were both wildly wrong in guessing Apple's Q4 Mac shipments

Two research groups that estimate global PC shipments not only served up incorrect data as fact, but also used the bogus figures to reach entirely false conclusions about Apple's Macs in the global PC market. This isn't the first time they've been so wrong but outlines the lack of accuracy from third-party "sales estimates" as Apple prepares to stop reporting its official sales numbers altogether.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 92

Mac shipments continue to outpace overall PC sales trends

New estimates from market research firm Gartner suggest Apple's Mac business grew in the second quarter of 2018, contributing to a year-over-year upturn in the embattled PC market, its first in six years.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 12

Mac sales return to growth in Q1 amid continued PC market decline

Following a contraction over the holiday shopping season, Apple's Mac shipments returned to growth during the first quarter of 2018 amid a deteriorating PC market, according to fresh statistics from market research firm Gartner.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 19

Mac sales continue decline in Q3, Apple drops to 5th place worldwide

Following the downward spiral of the overall PC market, Apple's Mac sales continued to atrophy in the third calendar quarter of 2017 to put the company at fifth place among fellow vendors, according to fresh estimates from research firm Gartner.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 105

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