Apple's Mac sees strong growth amid coronavirus-fueled PC market boom

Apple's Mac segment grew nearly 39% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2020 amid double-digit growth across the broader PC market.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 12

Apple maintains wearables dominance as industry grows during pandemic

Apple continues to dominate the growing global wearables market, including headphones, in the second quarter of 2020, according to new data.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 3

Apple thrives in India, China for Q2 despite COVID-19 effects

The iPhone was the most popular premium smartphone in India for the second quarter of 2020, according to IDC, but while the smartphone market in China slumped as a whole, Apple continued to see growth in the important market.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 23

Apple's iPad loses out to Huawei in Chinese tablet sales slump

Apple has suffered a major drop in iPad sales in China for the last quarter, according to analysts, with local rival Huawei overtaking Apple as the biggest tablet brand in the country, despite an overall slump in tablet sales for the period.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 10

More data suggests Mac shipments declined double digits in Q1

A second examination of the global PC market is corroborating earlier reports that Apple's Mac lineup struggled during the first quarter of 2020, with IDC saying its data is pointing to a more than 20% drop in shipments year-over-year.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 14

Apple's AirPods responsible for huge sales rise in wearable devices

Across AirPods, AirPods Pro, and the Apple Watch, Apple's share of the wearables market has soared over 80% according to new data about the fourth quarter of 2019.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 6

Apple's iPad extends global market lead thanks to affordable 10.2-inch model

Apple extended its lead over the global tablet sector in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to fresh statistics from research firm IDC, with the company gobbling up 36.5% of the market on strong demand for the new 10.2-inch iPad.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 14

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

Growth of iPad market share defies shrinking tablet shipments

The iPad has extended its lead over other tablets in the second quarter, shipment figures from IDC claim, with Apple now making up 38.1 percent of the global tablet market and seeing increased growth over the same quarter last year, while competitors are largely enduring a reduction in shipments for the period.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 12

Editorial: As Apple plays the telephone game, analysts hear something else entirely

When Apple entered the smartphone market in 2007, it didn't do so to lose money making most of the world's smartphones as a public service. All these years later, a shocking number of analysts and reporters still seem to be confused about this.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 27

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

Apple to lead smartwatch growth through 2023, report says

Apple will be a primary growth driver of worldwide smartwatch sales through 2023, though its share of the market is expected to see erosion from an onslaught of competitors, according to research firm IDC.

Mikey Campbell 6 years ago 13

iPhone's Q1 2019 share of EMEA market lowest in five years

The smartphone market has stabilized in EMEA regions despite there being a contraction of sales in the Middle East, claims IDC, with Apple seen to be facing challenges from Chinese competitors as it sees its lowest level of market share in Europe for the first quarter in five years.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 22

T-Mobile 'crazy in love' promotion of OnePlus 7 Pro tweeted from iPhone

It was so hard to contain the excitement of having #OfficiallySwitchedtoAndroid that even a media influencer working for T-Mobile forgot to actually use the BKK OnePlus 7 Pro she was "crazy in love with" and instead tweeted out her new device relationship status from her iPhone.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 25

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