Sales of the Pebble smartwatch topped the 400,000 mark back in March 2014. Less than a year later, CEO Eric Migicovsky today told The Verge that the company shipped crossed the one million Pebble shipment mark at the end of 2014. The company plans to build on that success in 2015 with new products and a new software platform that promises to […]
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Slow start for Android One sales?
Google launched its Android One initiative in a bid to make “high-quality smartphones” as accessible as possible. While its intentions may have been noble, it appears that execution has so far failed to yield the results it was looking for. The company’s decision to only offer its first three Android One smartphones, the Karbonn Sparkle V, Micromax Canvas A1 and […]
200,000 BlackBerry Passports ordered since launch through ShopBlackBerry and Amazon
The BlackBerry Passport may not be a smartphone for everyone but it appears to have found its niche. On the analyst call that followed the company’s latest financial results, CEO John Chen today revealed that some 200.000 units had been ordered through its own ShopBlackBerry online store as well as Amazon since its launch on Wednesday. Not only is it […]
Apple iPhone 6 sales top 10 million in first weekend
Apple today announced that it had sold over 10 million new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in the first three days that they were on sale in 10 countries, including Canada. This is a new record for the company and suggests that consumers were indeed looking for larger devices andiPhones. In comparison, the previous record was set by […]
LG G3 to first LG smartphone to sell more than 10 million units
It appears that LG has struck a home run with its LG G3 smartphone. The company announced this week that its latest flagship device is on track to become the company’s first ever smartphone to sell more than 10 million units. Exactly when is not clear but it’s likely that the company would not brag about this achievement if it […]
Dismal start for Amazon Fire Phone with only 35,000 sold to date
After being the topic of rumours for years, Amazon finally unveiled its first smartphone earlier this summer. The Amazon Fire Phone launched to lukewarm reception at best and may well end up an abject failure for the company. While Amazon has not provided any sales figures, The Guardian’s Charles Arthur did a little digging and came up with an estimate […]
Motorola has shipped 6.5 million smartphones in Q1 2014
A resurgent Motorola established itself as a company to watch last year with innovative products such as the customizable Moto X. Lenovo then swooped in to buy it from Google for US$2.91 billion. While the acquisition is still going through the approval process, life goes on at Motorola. Yesterday, Motorola’s new COO Rick Osterloh revealed via Twitter that Motorola is […]
Apple App Store sales top US$10 billion in 2013
Apple today announced that its App Store sales topped US$10 billion in 2013. They topped US$1 billion in December alone as customers downloaded almost three billion apps to make it the most successful month in App Store history. Apple topped the 2 billion download mark back in December 2012. “We’d like to thank our customers for making 2013 the best year […]