Apple Watch continues wearables market domination with 10.4M holiday shipments

Apple is continuing to lead the rest of the wearables market, according to data from IDC, with sales of the Apple Watch, AirPods, and Beats headphones helping the iPhone maker maintain its position in a market that grew 31.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 18

IDC: Samsung beat Apple in smartphone race during lucrative holiday quarter

According to the latest industry estimates from research firm IDC, Samsung was the world's top smartphone vendor during the quarter ending in December, a shopping season typically dominated by Apple's iPhone.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 25

IDC: Apple Watch Series 4 accounted for less than 20 percent of Apple Watch sales in Q3

Apple Watch Series 3 is still a major player in Apple's smartwatch lineup, as the legacy device outperformed its newer Series 4 siblings to drive a bulk of Apple's wearables sales for the third quarter of 2018.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 44

iPad sales may be dropping, but at a slower pace than rivals

Apple is continuing to lead the global tablet market, IDC analysts claim, but while the number of iPad sales declined in the most recent quarterly results, it isn't as much of a reduction compared to the overall marketplace's 8.6 percent decline in the third quarter.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 16

After 8 years, IDC admits Apple's iPad is leading the tablet market 'unabated'

Since iPad launched in 2010, International Data Corporation has dutifully crafted various media narratives that belittled as it as a toy, dismissed it as merely a "media consumption" device in a world that needed Windows, and disparaged it as inconsequential in a vast sea of cheap Android tablets (some of which were literally children's toys). But they were wrong, here's why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 37

Apple widens lead with iPad in contracting worldwide tablet market

Apple and Huawei were the only tablet manufacturers reporting sales growth in the most recent quarter.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 15

Huawei surpasses Apple as world's No. 2 smartphone vendor

Apple's iPhone put in a solid showing during the three months ending in June, selling 41.3 million units to contribute $29.9 billion to a record-breaking $53.3 billion in quarterly revenue. The effort was topped by Chinese upstart Huawei, however, which surpassed the Cupertino tech giant to become the world's second largest smartphone vendor.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 141

Apple's iPhone bucks smartphone market trends, gains marketshare in Q1

Though the wider smartphone market contracted in the first quarter of 2018, Apple was able to grow its share of the pie on the back of healthy iPhone demand in the U.S. and China, according to market analytics firms.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 7

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

Fueled by Apple Watch sales growth, smartwatches take over wearables market

The wearable market is at a tipping point, with smartwatch sales showing strong growth on the back of popular devices like Apple Watch, while basic fitness bands slumped for the first time, according to fresh segment statistics.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 16

Apple maintains worldwide tablet marketshare lead in Q1, but cedes ground to Samsung

Apple held on as the world's largest tablet vendor during the first calendar quarter of 2017, though 13 straight quarters of decline are starting to take their toll on iPad's marketshare lead.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 51

Apple's Mac continues to buck worldwide PC shipment decline in Q1

Riding a resurgence in Mac sales that kicked off in the fourth quarter of 2016, Apple saw a 4.5 percent increase in shipments over the three-month period ending in March as the wider PC market fell further into the red.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 29

Apple cedes ground in growing Chinese smartphone market as consumers await redesigned 'iPhone 8'

The iPhone is being overtaken in China by a raft of new locally-produced smartphone rivals, according to a new report, which shows Apple's market share dropping despite greatly increased smartphone shipments in the region.

Malcolm Owen 9 years ago 26

Conflicting statistics still put Apple's iPad at top of tablet market in Dec. quarter

While differing on some key figures, global tablet industry statistics published on Thursday suggest that the Apple's iPad still has a firm lead as the most popular option, even if the company and the industry as a whole are losing sales.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 11

Samsung still No. 1 smartphone vendor, but Note 7 knocked marketshare back to 2014

Leaning on an expansive lineup of affordable Android handsets, Samsung retained its spot as the world's top smartphone vendor for the third quarter of 2016, according to research firm IDC. However, premium phone makers — Apple and Samsung included — are being squeezed from the bottom, as manufacturers of cheaper Android alternatives gained ground.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 27

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