According to Strategy Analytics, China overtook the US to become the largest smartphone market by volume in Q3 2011. It saw smartphone shipments grow by 58 percent sequentially to 23.9 million units, compared to 23.3 million (a 7 percent sequential drop) in the US. According to Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics: “The United States remains the world’s largest […]
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HP leads non-Apple tablets sales in 2011
Apple is the clear leader in the US tablet market. But who’s the best of the rest? Would you believe it’s Hewlett-Packard and its HP TouchPad. The NPD Group reports that US tablet sales (excluding the iPad) topped 1.2 million units in the January to October 2011 time frame. Sales are growing quickly with each quarter performing better than the […]
Canada telecommunications service complaints jump 114% over last year
The latest report from the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) reveals that customer complaints jumped 114 percent over the previous year to over 8,000 in the 2010-11 period. 3,747 complaints had been recorded the previous period. About 62% of this report’s complaints were about billing errors or contract disputes over wireless services. The same two complaints dominated last […]
HTC dominates US 4G smartphone market
US consumers are jumping on the 4G bandwagon in increasing numbers. According to the NPD Group, a market research firm, about 22% of smartphones sold in the US in the second quarter of 2011 support 4G speeds (defined here as HSPA+, WiMAX, and LTE). This is up from 3% a year ago. And HTC appears to be the manufacturer benefiting […]
CTIA 2011: US wireless subscriber connections now exceed US population
For the first time ever, the number of US wireless subscriber connections has exceeded the US population according to the latest CTIA semi-annual survey (January 2011 to June 2011). There are now 327.6 million connections for a population of 315.5 million in the US and its territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands), giving the US a 103.9 […]
Apple has highest loyalty rate among smartphone manufacturers
A new survey conducted by UBS Research shows that Apple has the highest retention rate among smartphone manufacturers. While this may not be much of a surprise, the lead it holds over others might be. 89% of current iPhone owners plan to stick with Apple for their next smartphone purchase, a slight drop from 95% in the March 2010 survey. […]
Global mobile connections to hit 6 billion by end of 2011
Wireless Intelligence, the GSMA’s research group, expects that the total number of global mobile connections (such as GSM, CDMA, and LTE) will top 6 billion later this year. The milestone could be reached in late November with total connections topping 6.07 billion by the end of the year. The number is made more impressive by the fact that the world’s […]
Apple to sell 200+ million iOS devices in 2013?
2011 has yet to wrap up and 2012 is still around the corner that market analysts are already trying to figure out what is in store for Apple in 2013. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has gazed into his crystal ball and expects Apple to record revenues of US$164 billion with over 200 million iOS devices sold. The iPhone will […]