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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It's not looking good for Apple's iPhone X, which may end up selling just 18 million units in Q1 2018, and 12 mil in Q2. But its three sequels should do great business.
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It’s all about hot new high-end models for American smartphone buyers, which reportedly found the iPhone 7’s lack of a headphone jack a “non-issue” in the August – October 2016 timeframe.
Of course, the impressive local iOS rise must have been due in part to the double Galaxy Note 7 recall and ultimate discontinuation as well, even if Kantar completely disregards the highly publicized debacle in its latest Worldpanel ComTech sales data.
It can’t be a coincidence Android lost a whopping 5.6 percent on US shores year-on-year, while iOS gained a full 7 percentage points, especially with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus only available for around two of the 12 weeks tracked by the research firm, and limited quantities a problem even then.
That didn’t stop the smaller of the new iOS handhelds from dominating the US sales ranks for the entire three-month period, with the Plus variant in fourth place, narrowly behind the iPhone 6s and Samsung Galaxy S7.
Believe it or not, Apple had the number one, two and three devices in Great Britain (iPhone 7, SE and 6s), and the iPhone 7 placed second in Urban China, behind OPPO’s R9. As such, iOS registered year-over-year share gains across key markets like Japan, Australia, France, Italy and Spain in addition to the US and UK, only losing a bit of overall Chinese and German steam.
Stateside, the number two mobile platform amazingly recorded its strongest growth rate in over two years, as well as the highest share since January 2015. But Android’s global scores weren’t that bad either, with decent progress actually reported from China to Australia and EU5 territories.
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Apple is finally going to reveal the first official sales numbers of the iPhone 7 duo on Tuesday, October 25, during a highly anticipated earnings call that will precede a Mac-centric “Hello Again” press event on the 27th, but in the meantime, market analysts continue their (unofficial) number-crunching and
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Large demand for a just-launched smartphone is by no means bad news as far as the manufacturing company is concerned, though component shortages and low production yields extending over a lengthy period of time can turn a prospective box-office hit into a very real flop.Samsung experienced such a shifty scenario back when it wasn’t able to rapidly ramp up S6 Edge shipments on account of curved display deficiencies, but even ...
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The global smartphone industry might still be under an OS duopoly, as Android keeps widening the gap to iOS without entirely being able to shake off Apple’s mobile platform, but at least one key market sees its strict monopoly situation getting tighter and tighter.It’s not just Windows Phone,
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When LG’s aptly named mobile communications division posted a troublesome albeit far from massive $180 million operating loss at the end of the year’s first quarter, the G5 couldn’t really be blamed, launching commercially on April 1, i.e. at the very beginning of Q2.But after the early enthusiasm regarding the modular angle of the new flagship phone rapidly died down, it became crystal clear this
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CEO Tim Cook may try to shine a bright light on Apple’s recent financial numbers, spinning them in such a way that sales decline signals forthcoming growth, and weak China penetration beats yesteryear’s even lousier box-office scores in the world’s largest smartphone market.Meanwhile, the Apple Watch is still considered a hit, and future generations ...
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Samsung and LG managed to sync up their latest quarterly financial reports, probably unintentionally, and both Korean tech giants have reason to be proud of how much money they earned overall between January and March.Strictly from a mobile point of view however, Q1 2016 wasn’t a rosy period for the nation’s eternal number two, which saw its division sales and operating income take big hits on lack of innovation, noteworthy new releases and high G5 marketing expenses.
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