IDC projects Windows Phone to surpass Apple's iPhone by 2016

Market analysts at IDC estimate that the share of handsets running Microsoft's Windows Phone will grow to take nearly 20 percent of the market by 2016 at the expense of Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 101

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

Apple grows to 7.9% of all mobile phones sold worldwide

Though it only sells smartphones, Apple represents nearly 8 percent of all worldwide mobile phone sales, making it the third-largest handset maker.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 13

Apple's iPhone climbs to 31% share of US smartphone market

A new analysis claims the iPhone made up 30.7 percent of the U.S. smartphone market and 14 percent of the mobile market in the first quarter of 2012.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 57

Nokia warns of 'disappointing' smartphone sales in first half of 2012

Nokia on Wednesday issued a warning to investors that it was lowering its outlook for the first half of 2012 after the first quarter of the year proved "disappointing."

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 82

Briefly: New Apple Store downtime sign; Lumia 900 free after data glitch

Apple's Online Store was down on Tuesday night and the company took the opportunity to roll out a new "We'll be back" sign. Also, Nokia is now offering a $100 credit on its $99 Lumia 900 flagship smartphone after a software bug affecting data connections was discovered.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 61

Apple's iOS, Google's Android grow to 80% of US smartphone market

Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile platforms continued to grow over the last three months, accounting for 80.3 percent of the U.S. smartphone market.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 76

iPhone closes in on Android in growing U.S. smartphone market

As of February, smartphone users accounted for nearly half of all wireless subscribers in the U.S., and Apple's iPhone adoption rate saw growth while Android handset activations slipped.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 51

iOS, Android increase smartphone market share while all others lose ground

The battle for smartphone operating system supremacy is quickly becoming a two-horse race, as the latest data from comScore shows that only Apple and Google were able to grow their market share in the U.S. through January.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 27

Apple became world's largest smartphone seller in 2011 with 19% share

Apple was not only the largest seller of smartphones worldwide in 2011, taking 19 percent of all sales, but also overtook LG to become the No. 3 largest global mobile phone vendor, according to Gartner.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 40

Windows Phone 8 to address its "perceived inability to compete" with iPhone, Android later this year

Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 8, expected in the second half of the year, will seek to address its "perceived inability to compete" with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android according to a report detailing its planned enhancements.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 61

Nokia's Windows Phone transition to impact results for most of 2012

Nokia chairman Jorma Ollila warned on Wednesday that the handset maker's transition to Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system will be felt in its earnings for the majority of 2012.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 40

iPhone 4S launch propels surging Apple 20% to close the gap with Android

The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Android in December.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 68

54% of future smartphone buyers say they'll choose Apple's iPhone

A new survey has found Apple has "explosive momentum" at the beginning of 2012, with more than half of people who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days choosing Apple's iPhone.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 48

Microsoft exec admits Windows Phone was response to Apple's iPhone

Microsoft's head of software design for Windows Phone has admitted that the company completely redesigned its mobile operating system platform as a response to Apple's iPhone and the "sea change" it created in the industry.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 118

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