Apple's iPhone 5s remains 'by far the top selling smartphone'
Apple continues to dominate smartphone sales with their flagship iPhone 5s and mid-range iPhone 5c as the handsets took two of the top three sales slots at every major U.S. wireless carrier for the third month in a row.
Source: Canaccord Genuity
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company remained America's top smartphone vendor in November on the back of 'strong' iPhone 5s sales and 'steady' iPhone 5c sales, according to data cited by Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley in a Thursday note to investors. Samsung notched a second-place finish in an industry that has seen major sales consolidation throughout the fourth quarter.
Before the iPhone 5s and 5c's release, Apple, Samsung, HTC, Nokia, Sony, and Motorola all had handsets enjoying top-three sales at at least one of America's big four carriers. Apple's September announcement pushed all but Samsung out of the picture and relegated the South Korean conglomerate's Galaxy S4 to the runner-up position across the board.
Apple has maintained a significant edge outside of the U.S. as well, even before the long-anticipated launch of the company's devices on China Mobile, the world's largest wireless carrier. The iPhone 5s was "by far the top selling smartphone...at most channels where the smartphone launched globally," Walkley notes.
The sales data also points to a strong showing for Apple's iPad in November. Canaccord's surveys "indicated strong Black Friday weekend iPad Air and new iPad mini sales...essentially at all channels where the iPads were available," a finding corroborated by previous analytics data that showed a boost of more than 50 percent for the new 9.7-inch tablet.
Walkley raised the bank's price target on Apple shares from $580 to $600 and revised shipment estimates for the iPhone upward to 54 million units in the first quarter of the company's 2014 fiscal year and 186 million units for the entire year.
Source: Canaccord Genuity
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company remained America's top smartphone vendor in November on the back of 'strong' iPhone 5s sales and 'steady' iPhone 5c sales, according to data cited by Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley in a Thursday note to investors. Samsung notched a second-place finish in an industry that has seen major sales consolidation throughout the fourth quarter.
Before the iPhone 5s and 5c's release, Apple, Samsung, HTC, Nokia, Sony, and Motorola all had handsets enjoying top-three sales at at least one of America's big four carriers. Apple's September announcement pushed all but Samsung out of the picture and relegated the South Korean conglomerate's Galaxy S4 to the runner-up position across the board.
Apple has maintained a significant edge outside of the U.S. as well, even before the long-anticipated launch of the company's devices on China Mobile, the world's largest wireless carrier. The iPhone 5s was "by far the top selling smartphone...at most channels where the smartphone launched globally," Walkley notes.
The sales data also points to a strong showing for Apple's iPad in November. Canaccord's surveys "indicated strong Black Friday weekend iPad Air and new iPad mini sales...essentially at all channels where the iPads were available," a finding corroborated by previous analytics data that showed a boost of more than 50 percent for the new 9.7-inch tablet.
Walkley raised the bank's price target on Apple shares from $580 to $600 and revised shipment estimates for the iPhone upward to 54 million units in the first quarter of the company's 2014 fiscal year and 186 million units for the entire year.
Comments
Clearly I can't prove this but I bet if you broke down the unit sales by capacity the iPhone 5S would take all 4 top spots, but good on Samsung because number two is still number two (, or rather number one Android phone).
Remembering two things:
1. This is US only.
2. We don't know the numbers. 5s to S4 could be 2 to 1 for all we know... or it could be 1.1 to 1. Same for the 5c. It would be nice to see some actual numbers.
I’ve always felt that Samsung was number two.
I’ve always felt that Samsung was number two.
That had a much different meaning to me when I was three years old.
1. This is US only.
" as the handsets took two of the top three sales slots at every major U.S. wireless carrier for the third month in a row"
Yep. That was a really subtle clue.
Just make up some numbers. Samsung S4: extrapolate to 40 million! Winner!
" as the handsets took two of the top three sales slots at every major U.S. wireless carrier for the third month in a row"
Yep. That was a really subtle clue.
it said the same thing the last time the Canaccord numbers were up and the numbers were treated by a few as if they were worldwide. Just thought I'd see if that type of nonsense could be avoided this time.
There seems no doubt the iPhone rules the US market in a big way. AI has had many, many article reiterating this fact.
One should not extrapolate from this success to the rest of the world, however:
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/12/02/report-new-iphones-boost-apples-market-share-except-in-europe-where-windows-phone-gains-ground/#!pK09K
One should not extrapolate from this success to the rest of the world, however:
So the rest of the planet has no taste and supports thieves. Big deal.
You could then also ask: Why do Asians buy an America phone?
The truth is marketing works and the S4 is one of the best Android-based smartphones on the market.
There seems no doubt the iPhone rules the US market in a big way. AI has had many, many article reiterating this fact.
One should not extrapolate from this success to the rest of the world, however:
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