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The iPhone growth rate
John Gruber puts things in perspective: The key bit: “At the critical juncture […], when they should have gone for market share, they went for profits.” I think this encapsulates Jobs’s philosophy since taking over Apple…
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3Q review: iPhone revenues grow 74%
Calling the iPhone this quarter was going to be a challenge. This was a transition quarter where an old lead model would be replaced with a new one. The launch of the iPhone 4 was going to affect the volumes, but nobody…
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Preference of next device by current smartphone owners
MacDailyNews – Yankee Groups Howe sets the record straight on Apple iPhone and Android devices. • No other manufacturer can claim nearly the loyalty of iPhone owners. RIM BlackBerry owners see a touch-screen device as…
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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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40 percent of US iPhones are sold to enterprises
Four out of 10 sales of the iPhone are made to enterprise users. When the iPhone came out, what most people heard in the first year from ‘07 to ‘08 was oh my God, it’s not BlackBerry secure. This is not going to work on…
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Does iPhone really have 72% of Japanese smartphone market?
MM Research does not count Symbian as a smartphone platform. This makes them inconsistent with any other analyst for counting smartphones. So shouldn’t Symbian be included? In a comment to iPhone has 72% of Japanese…