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iPhone on top down under
The most impressive number for us is the change in units shipped. For example, leader Nokia held 66.6% of the marketshare in Q1 of ’09, and 45.2% in Q2 for a 7% change in units shipped. Meanwhile, Apple held 10.2% in Q1…
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Can the iPhone reach 10% of the world's 3G subscribers?
In a previous article I asked what it would take for the iPhone to reach 20% of the world’s smartphone market? (answer: 50% growth). Now I take a look at the whole market measuring three underlying quantities: The…
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Can iPhone reach 20% of global smartphone market?
On a yearly basis, iPhone has been growing at 270% in 2008,83% in 2009 and 130% so far this year. The growth has been faster than the growth of the smartphone market during the same time. As a result, the market share of…
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The iPhone at three
The end of June will mark the third anniversary of the market release of the iPhone. When it arrived in June 2007, anticipation for the product was significant with high consumer awareness and expectations–though the 10…
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Prepare for unrestricted iPhone distribution
I’m picking up all kinds of signals that Apple is about to let loose with a storm of operator distribution deals. It all started with Tim Cook’s comment in the last conference call: Over the past year we have moved a…
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The next 100 million iOS devices
As iOS crosses 100 million units sold 3 years after the platform launched, it’s time to look forward to the next 100 million. My expectation is that well over 100 million iOS devices will sell during 2011, but even…
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AdMob chief confirms they're getting kicked off the iPhone
Apropos Google’s excellent Android adventure. AdMob founder and CEO Omar Hamoui today responded on the company’s blog, acknowledging that the terms as written would prohibit developers from using AdMob and Google…
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Steve Jobs forecasts iPhone sales to grow at least 50% y/y
Well, not exactly. During the WWDC keynote Steve Jobs announced that “we will ship 10’s of millions of FaceTime devices in 2010”. Since only iPhone 4 currently runs FaceTime(*) then it stands to reason that there will be…
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New data on iTunes: 11 billion downloaded
When Steve Jobs announced 150 million accounts with credit cards on the iTunes Store, iBookstore and App Store, he stated that as far as he knows it has “the most accounts of any store on the web”. More interesting is…
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Android vs. Google Part III
Revised language for section 3.3.9 of Apple’s developer agreement, concerning the use of data collection: The collection, use or disclosure is for the purpose of serving advertising to Your Application; is provided to an…