Galaxy S9 sales got off to a slow start in Korea, but global expectations are still high

Samsung's Galaxy S9 sales numbers may not have exceeded S8 scores on their first day in Korea, but down the line, they should be slightly higher around the world.

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Apple Watch shipments topped 18 million units in 2017, including 2.4 mil cellular models

Apple Watch shipment numbers were up impressively both in calendar Q4 2017 and for the full year, including robust Series 3 LTE sales.

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Huawei widens gap to OPPO in China smartphone market, Apple controls premium segment

Huawei managed to handily beat OPPO for China's Q4 2017 and full-year smartphone crowns, with Apple in fifth place overall, but easily the champion of profits.

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HMD probably sold a total of 8.45 million Nokia smartphones in 2017, 4.15 mil in Q4 alone

Rookie smartphone manufacturer HMD Global reportedly managed to sell a boatload of intelligent Nokia devices last year, coming very close to the global top ten OEMs.

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Sony’s mobile numbers continue to drop ahead of major management restructuring

Sony will have a new CEO, CFO and mobile business skipper starting April 1, reporting astounding overall financial results for fiscal Q3 2017, but once again losing on smartphones.

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Apple beats Samsung in global Q4 2017 smartphone shipments, Samsung takes full-year crown

According to both Strategy Analytics and IDC, Apple dominated global Q4 2017 smartphone shipments, while Samsung finished the year in first place.

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Kantar ranks iPhone X in the top three best-selling devices of Q4 across all key markets

Apple's iPhone X ruled the October - December 2018 charts in Urban China, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel ComTech data, also selling very well in Europe, Japan, Australia and the US.

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Apple supplier disputes multiple reports of massive iPhone X Q1 production cut

Sources close to two reputable business publications claim Apple may have reduced Q1 2018 iPhone X production targets from 40 to 20 million units. One supplier says that might not be so.

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Apple is reportedly reacting to slow iPhone X sales with a big production cut

Apple can no longer realistically expect to ship 40 million iPhone X units this quarter, substantially revising down its internal production targets.

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‘Bezel-less’ smartphones drove record growth for average prices during Q4 2017

Global smartphone sales only achieved minor growth during Q4 2017, according to GfK market research, but average smartphone prices surged at a remarkable pace.

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Samsung refuses to concede India smartphone crown, claiming victory in sales to end users

Xiaomi may have surpassed Samsung in Q4 2017 smartphone shipments in India, but the world's number one mobile device vendor was also the region's champ in actual sales to customers.

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Samsung lost both India’s smartphone and feature phone crown in Q4 2017

India's extremely important smartphone market was dominated by Xiaomi rather than Samsung during the final quarter of last year, while Reliance Jio won the local feature phone trophy.

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Apple reportedly shipped 29 million iPhone X units in Q4 2017, ‘slightly below expectations’

According to Canalys market research, Apple's iPhone X was the world's top-shipping smartphone during the October - December 2017 quarter, selling particularly well in China.

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Survey says iPhone X was less popular than small iPhone 8 in the US during Q4

The iPhone X wasn't Apple's best-sold mobile device between October and December 2017 in the US, according to the latest CIRP report.

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OPPO R9s tops China’s best-selling 2017 smartphones list, followed by iPhone 7 Plus

Apple was one of China's top performers in overall 2017 smartphone sales volume, with the iPhone 7 Plus ranked second and iPhone 7 fifth on the best-selling model list.

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