Loyalty to Apple driving iPhone market share gains vs. Android - survey

A new poll of smartphone users reveals that loyalty to the iPhone is chipping away at Android's market share lead, and could lead to the iPhone overtaking Android in the U.S. in just a few years.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 63

Slowing iPhone growth may be function of smartphone industry, not restricted to Apple

As year over year growth of Apple's iPhone sales slow, there is evidence that the once-booming smartphone industry is cooling off as a whole.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 31

Apple's iPhone accounted for 4M of Verizon's 7.2M total Q1 smartphones

With 7.2 million total smartphones activated in Verizon's first fiscal quarter, the iPhone accounted for more than half, with 4 million total Apple handsets activated in the three-month span.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 45

BlackBerry 10 predicted to hold less than 5% market share through 2016

While BlackBerry's CEO this week called Apple's iOS platform outdated, it's the BlackBerry 10 operating system that's expected to have very little effect on the smartphone industry for the coming years.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 38

Apple uses mom-and-pop shops to jump into second place in India's smartphone race

Apple's increased efforts in the world's second most populous country appear to be paying off, as a new report has the iPhone maker grabbing second place in smartphones behind Samsung in India.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 27

Smartphones projected to overtake feature phones for the first time in 2013

For the first time this year, smartphones like Apple's iPhone and devices running Google Android are expected to outsell limited "feature phones" worldwide, according to a new industry report.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 22

Apple & Samsung capture 103% of handset profits as rivals lose money

Together, Apple and Samsung accounted for 103 percent of mobile phone profits in 2012, a number made possible because of losses incurred by rivals Motorola, Sony and Nokia.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 181

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 share of US mobile phone market grows to 18.5%

A new survey of U.S. mobile subscribers has found that Apple's iPhone continues to take a larger share of the overall market, up 1.4 percentage points to 18.5 percent.

Katie Marsal 13 years ago 54

iPhone 5 launch propels Apple to 53% of US smartphone sales

The debut of the iPhone 5 sent Apple soaring to its highest share of sales the U.S. smartphone market ever, according to new data.

Katie Marsal 13 years ago 89

Apple's iPhone takes 68.2% of new small & medium business smartphone activations

A new survey of small- and medium-size business smartphone activations found that Apple's iPhone controls the lion's share of growth, while the iPad represents nearly all tablets sold.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 54

More than half of US smartphone shoppers plan to buy Apple's iPhone 5

A new survey of more than 800 U.S .consumers found that more than half of those planning to buy a smartphone in the next three months say they will buy Apple's new iPhone 5.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 67

Apple's iPhone 4S climbs to 29% smartphone market share in UK

Apple's share of the smartphone market in the U.K. jumped up 7 percent year over year to reach 29.1 percent, according to a new analysis.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 29

IDC: Apple climbs two spots to become world's third-largest mobile phone maker

Record sales of the iPhone pushed Apple past ZTE and LG to become the third-largest handset vendor in the world, according to a new analysis from IDC.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 18

Apple's iPhone believed to account for record 8% of global mobile phone market

Even as Apple appears to have retaken the top spot among smartphone makers during the fourth quarter of 2011, a new analysis claims the iPhone made up 8.3 percent of the worldwide mobile phone market during the same period.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 20

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