iPhone’s Market Share Doubles in One Year, Smartphones Sell Like Hot Cakes in 2009

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Gartner has just revealed a bunch of figures showing the sales of smartphones in 2009. From these we learn that Apple's iPhone doubled its international smartphone market share to 14.4%, up 6.2% from 2008, while Nokia's Symbian high end devices keep their first place in this segment. Nokia's market share declined ...

No Exclusivity Equals Bigger iPhone Sales in Europe, AT&T Should Learn

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

While AT&T is holding its grip over the Apple iPhone the US, in order to earn more and more cash, in Europe things are starting to look up, as far as sales are concerned, mostly due to the end of exclusivities. It's pretty logical, considering that more carriers selling a ...

Apple More Profitable Than Nokia in Handset Sales

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Apple has recently surpassed Nokia, as far as handset-based profit is concerned, thanks to the ever popular iPhone, according to Strategy Analytics. The Cupertino giant's Q3 operating profit from iPhone sales was $1.6 billion, while Nokia lagged behind with $1.1 billion, generated by its handset unit. The Finns are struggling to ...

Krusell’s Top 10 Selling Mobile Phones in October 2009

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Krusell is a Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable devices and the company is known for its monthly "Top 10" list of sold products, revealing which handsets are popular all over the world. This time, we get to check out the October 2009 list and you have to know ...

The iPhone’s a Hit in China, Although an Illegal One

Monday, May 11th, 2009

In spite of the fact that it hasn't reached the Chinese market yet, the iPhone is selling like hot cakes in this country. Some even say that it has already reached 1 million sold units and there's more to come. Ovum, a telecommunications consulting service company has just recently released a ...

iPhone Production Falls in Q4 2008

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

An analyst report from Friedman Billings Ramsey claims that Apple plans on cutting the iPhone production by more than 40% in the 4th quarter of 2008. This seems to be caused by the number of units produced in Q3, enough to satisfy the demand from Q4. Another factor for this decrease ...