Editorial: Why Apple, Inc. isn't worried about iPad's IDC tablet "market share"

In the face of dubious market research portraying Apple's iPad (and perhaps the entire tablet market) as troubled and teetering on the brink of collapse, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook expressed a sincere lack of concern while addressing analysts, alluding to long term strategies for outliving tablet rivals focused on volume shipments and short term market share gains.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 55

Apple, Samsung shed smartphone share in Q2 as market continues to explode

Global smartphone shipments increased by nearly 25 percent year-over-year, new data released Tuesday indicates, with Chinese vendors accounting for the lion's share of the growth at the expense of established heavyweights Apple and Samsung.

Sam Oliver 11 years ago 40

Apple, Inc's double digit U.S. Mac growth contradicts IDC & Gartner reports of a Mac sales slump

Apple reported "strong double digit growth" in its Mac sales in the U.S., directly contradicting the earlier estimates published by IDC and Gartner that stated Apple's U.S. Mac sales fell year-over-year in the June quarter and calling into question the legitimacy of market estimates that the tech media uncritically presents as factual.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 119

Mac sales continue to slide in Q2 as overall PC market rebounds [Update: Numbers refuted]

Apple's share of the U.S. computer market slipped again during the second quarter of 2014 despite a global trend towards growth in the PC marketplace after tablets like the iPad cannibalized sales.

Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 128

Apple's iPad business isn't collapsing, but the rest of the tablet industry sure is

When Apple announced its most recent quarterly earnings, the worst news out of Cupertino was that sales of iPads weren't greater than in the year-ago quarter, a fact that a few pundits have now jumped on to declare that "Apple's iPad Businesses Is Collapsing." That's wrong, here's why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 167

IDC forecasts 'challenging' year for tablets as Apple's iPad continues to lead

Though its total shipments fell year over year last quarter, Apple and its iPad still accounts for about a third of all tablets pushed to market last quarter, though research firm IDC has predicted overall tablet growth will be slow throughout 2014.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 105

Mac sales slump in Q1 as PC market faces 8th straight quarterly decline

Apple's share of the U.S. computer hardware market slipped during the first quarter of 2014, with both IDC and Gartner seeing a year-over-year decline in worldwide PC shipments as consumers trend toward mobile.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 17

IDC critical of Apple for not selling profitless, sub $200 iPhones in market share report

Market research firm IDC has reported new figures seeking to explain why Apple, the most profitable smartphone vendor on the planet, is "underperforming the overall market" by not emulating the profitless manufacturing of low end phones by its competitors, most of whom are losing money.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 78

Apple's iPad, iPhone face flagging growth as conventional markets reach saturation

Apple faces an uphill battle when it comes to growing sales for its flagship mobile devices as fewer and fewer consumers in traditionally strong markets like the U.S. and Western Europe are left without smartphones or tablets, according to two reports released on Wednesday.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 150

Apple's domestic Mac sales surge 28.5% as overall PC market shrinks 7.5% [u]

U.S. Mac sales spiked 28.5 percent year over year in the just-concluded fourth quarter of calendar 2013, according to the latest figures from Gartner, giving Apple a 13.7 percent share of its home market while the rest of the industry continues to struggle.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 97

The curious case of IDC, Gartner & Strategy Analytics' PC, phone & tablet data on Apple

Every quarter, the tech world's market research firms release metrics on how many PCs, phones and tablets Apple reported selling and compare these to estimates of what the rest of the world produced, resulting in headlines that minimize the importance of the world's largest and most profitable company. You might wonder why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 215

IDC retroactively discovers ten million tablets sold in the year ago quarter

More bad new for Apple's iPad "market share" numbers: IDC is now reporting that last year, there were ten million non-Apple tablets it failed to count in its original estimates, retroactively lowering Apple's share of what appears to be a really difficult market to tabulate.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 54

iPad's marketshare drops 11% in Q3 on lack of new models, Android posts significant gains

Apple's share of the worldwide tablet market slipped to its lowest point ever in the third quarter of 2013, falling off 11 percent from the same time one year ago, while No. 2 Samsung more than doubled shipments of its Android-based offerings.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 104

Mac shipments continue to shrink as Apple loses ground in US PC market

The latest quarterly PC market tracking data from both Gartner and IDC shows that Apple's U.S. Mac shipments shrunk in the third quarter of calendar 2013, as the overall PC market outpaced Mac hardware.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 281

IDC: Apple's iOS fell to 17% of smartphones shipped in Q1, Windows Phone passed BlackBerry

Gains made by Google's Android platform chipped away at the smartphone market share of Apple's iOS in the first quarter of 2013, while Microsoft's slow-growing Windows Phone managed to surpass BlackBerry in the battle for third place.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 139

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