Apple's iPhone grew to 25.1% global market share in 2012

The latest worldwide smartphone data from IDC reveals that Apple's worldwide market share grew to 25.1 percent in 2012.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 55

Apple's iPad projected to control 50% of tablet shipments through 2016

Apple's total share of the growing worldwide tablet market is forecast to shrink slightly but maintain iPad dominance through the year 2016 in the face of growing competition from Android and Windows.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 50

Apple's iOS grows to 23% of worldwide smartphone shipments

Apple continues to gain share in the worldwide smartphone market, as the latest data shows the iOS mobile operating system accounted for nearly a quarter of all smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 46

IDC predicts PC users won't upgrade to Windows 8, tablet sales will be "disappointing"

Microsoft's Windows 8 is still a year away, but IDC is already predicting that the new release will be "largely irrelevant" to conventional PC users and that its ability to sell tablets will be "disappointing."

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 137

IDC: Apple's iPad 2 took market share from Android tablets in Q2 2011

Apple's iPad 2 took the lion's share of global tablet shipments in the second quarter of calendar 2011, with a 68.3 percent share, while Android's share of tablets slipped, according to the latest figures from IDC.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 103

Apple's 142% iPhone growth outpaces mobile phone market by 12x in Q2

A massive iPhone shipment increase of 141.8 percent year over year gave Apple a growth rate more than 12 times that of the global mobile phone market in the second quarter, leaving the company poised to overtake LG as the No. 3 handset maker in the world.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 5

IDC bumps 2011 tablet forecast to 53M as Apple’s iPad 2 dominates

In spite of a seasonal drop in total tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2011, IDC raised its estimates for 2011 shipments to 53.5 million on the belief that Apple’s iPad 2 will continue to carry the tablet market.

Blake Steven 14 years ago 84

115% growth propels Apple to 5% share of global phone shipments

The latest estimates for total mobile phone shipments worldwide place Apple in fourth place with 5 percent of the market, thanks to a record quarter and huge year over year growth for the iPhone.

Slash Lane 15 years ago 63

Mac sales up 25% in Americas, 76% in Asia

While the bulk of attention in Apple's earnings was focused on iPhone sales, Apple also experienced dramatic growth in Macs, despite slow PC sales globally and a shrinking market for PCs in the US.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 32

Gartner rivals IDC to report Apple fifth largest, with 9.3% share of US PC market

A report by Gartner agrees with IDC that PC shipments have contracted both globally and in the US, but the firm issued sales numbers that are significantly different than its market research rival. 

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 14

US Mac sales grow 9.6% in Q1 2011 as rest of market drops 10.7%

Apple's line of Mac computers saw great success in the U.S. in the first quarter of calendar 2011, growing 9.6 from 2010, while the rest of the American market fell 10.7 percent and netbook maker Acer tumbled 42.1 percent.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 50

IDC predicts Windows Phone will top Apple's iOS in market share by 2015

A new forecast of the global smartphone platform market from research firm IDC has predicted that Microsoft's Windows Phone platform will see a resurgence in the next four years, overtaking Apple's iOS platform which powers the iPhone.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 149

IDC: Apple's iPad took 83% share of tablets shipped in 2010

Contrasting Apple's recent claims that it controls more than 90 percent of the tablet market, research firm IDC revealed on Thursday that the iPad represented 73 percent of shipments in the fourth quarter of 2010, and 83 percent for the entire year.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 54

IDC: Apple still leads RIM as No. 2 worldwide smartphone maker

Global smartphone sales have continued their explosive growth, topping 100 million total units last quarter, with Apple retaining second place among all vendors, according to IDC.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 25

RIM PlayBook only garnering half the prelaunch interest of iPad

An analyst's survey of 1,100 consumers found just 6 percent reporting they are "likely" to buy RIM's new playbook, less than half the number who said the same of Apple's iPad last February.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 54

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