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Apple claims 51% market share in the US amid inflation and supply chain woes

Apple claims 51% market share in the US amid inflation and supply chain woes

May 19, 2022
Despite growing inflation in the United States, smartphone shipments reached a new high in Q1 of 2022. The report comes from Canalys, a global technology market analyst firm which states that the total volume of shipments grew close to four percent from the previous time last year. With this growth, Apple dominated sales, far surpassing its competition. Apple...
Apple made the top 5 best-selling smartphones of 2021, Galaxy A12 came in at number 6

Apple made the top 5 best-selling smartphones of 2021, Galaxy A12 came in at number 6

March 11, 2022
Apple made seven of the ten best-selling smartphones of 2021, according to Counterpoint's latest Global Monthly Handset Model Sales Tracker. Out of the three Android smartphones that made the cut, two were from Xiaomi and one from Samsung. The iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 11 took the top...
iPhone 12 demand pushes Apple to become the #1 smartphone vendor in Q4 2020

iPhone 12 demand pushes Apple to become the #1 smartphone vendor in Q4 2020

January 28, 2021
Apple displaced Samsung to take the no. 1 spot in Q4 2020 in the world, thanks in large part due to the strong demand for the iPhone 12 lineup. Apple shipped 90.1 million devices, representing the highest shipment volume by a vendor in a single quarter and recording a 4% increase over the previous year. Q4...
Redmi 5/5A & Redmi Note 5/5 Pro propel Xiaomi to keep top spot in India

Redmi 5/5A & Redmi Note 5/5 Pro propel Xiaomi to keep top spot in India

August 15, 2018
There are few companies out there that can release a new product on the market and completely shift the landscape of the industry. Naturally, it's different companies who are able to do this in select countries around the world. For example, Samsung recently announced the Galaxy Note 9 to the world and it is true...
Canalys: Samsung and Xiaomi each ship 9.9 million smartphones in India in Q2 2018

Canalys: Samsung and Xiaomi each ship 9.9 million smartphones in India in Q2 2018

July 20, 2018
According to Canalys, Samsung and Xiaomi each shipped 9.9 million smartphones in India in Q2 2018. This means that Samsung has caught up to Xiaomi this quarter. To recap, Xiaomi overtook Samsung to become the largest smartphone vendor in India in Q4 2017, and held on to its first position in Q1 2018. Now, the...
Huawei and Xiaomi made huge gains in smartphone shipments the past year

Huawei and Xiaomi made huge gains in smartphone shipments the past year

May 4, 2018
IDC has released its quarterly report for the worldwide smartphone market in Q1 2018. According to preliminary data from the company's worldwide quarterly mobile phone tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during Q1 2018, that resulted in a 2.9% decline when compared to the 344.4 million units shipped in the first...
The Xiaomi Redmi 5A and the Samsung Galaxy S9+ were the top selling Android smartphones in Q1 2018

The Xiaomi Redmi 5A and the Samsung Galaxy S9+ were the top selling Android smartphones in Q1 2018

May 4, 2018
Global smartphone shipments reached 345 million units in Q1 2018, according to research from Strategy Analytics. (In contrast, IDC states that 334.3 million units were shipped by smartphone vendors.) The iPhone X -- Apple's most expensive iPhone yet -- was found to be the world's best-selling smartphone model, as it shipped 16 million units during the...
SurveyMonkey: Microsoft Mobile Office App Usage Crushed by Google

SurveyMonkey: Microsoft Mobile Office App Usage Crushed by Google

April 29, 2016
Earlier this week SurveyMonkey released information from its Intelligence division that provides some insight into how many people are using Microsoft Office apps on mobile devices in comparison to Google. While I expected the numbers to heavily lean towards Google, what I saw was staggering. According to SurveyMonkey's research collected through March 2016, Microsoft only carries...