Numbers

The Difference Between “Shipped” and “Sold”

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

There's a headline bouncing around the tech blogs this morning that goes something like this: "Samsung Overtakes Apple to Become Top Smartphone Manufacturer." The news comes in wake of Samsung's earnings report it issued to investors this morning.

The Korean handset maker didn't offer any specific numbers, but it did tell shareholders its smartphone shipments were up 40% this quarter. Some analysts are estimating that the increase equals 28 million smartphones, which clearly beats Apple's 17 million, right?

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Poll Shows Apple Most Popular Electronics Brand Among Youngsters

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 4, 2018

Apple has accomplished a lot of things over the past 10 years. It's been dubbed the largest company in the world (in market cap), it dominates both the MP3 player and tablet markets, and it's amassed quite a large amount of cash.

Now the Cupertino company has another accomplishment to hang its hat on — most popular youth brand. According to TechCrunch, Apple has joined the likes of Oreo and Nintendo as one of the most popular brands in America...

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Android and iOS: Men Lie, Woman Lie, Numbers Don’t

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

The infamous Android versus iOS debate can get pretty intense. Both sides have avid fans that will seemingly defend their favorite mobile OS to the death. And one of the most popular subjects for the two sides to argue about are the numbers.

Numbers directly reflect the success of a product. That's why companies share sales data and other things like revenue on quarterly earnings calls — to show their progress. So the big question is, what do the numbers say about Android and iOS?

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Verizon Announces Over 2 Million iPhones Sold Last Quarter

Cody Lee ∙ October 21, 2011

Over the past few days, companies have been announcing their earnings for the previous quarter. As usual, this means that we get to hear iPhone sales numbers. Yesterday, AT&T announced that it sent 2.7 million iPhones out in Q3. So, how'd Verizon do?

Since its arrival back in Februrary, the iPhone has been Verizon's top-selling smartphone. Customers continue to pass up the carrier's all-star lineup of Droid devices for Apple's handset. Today, Verizon announced that it sold over 2 million iPhones last quarter...

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Head of Android Talks About Tablets, Steve Jobs, and Siri

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Andy Rubin, Senior VP of Mobile at Google, is considered the head of the Android platform. He leads the team that develops the Android OS for the plethora of handset makers that partner with Google.

Rubin sat down with veteran journalist Walt Mossberg at the AsiaD conference yesterday to talk about Android and his view of the mobile consumer market. He talked specifically about the state of Android tablets, his view of Apple post-Steve Jobs, and Siri...

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Apple Reports Record Quarter, Despite Missing the Street’s Expectations

Cody Lee ∙ October 18, 2011

It's that time again, Apple has posted its earnings for Q4 just ahead of the company's quarterly earnings call. Apple set multiple records in the 4th quarter of the 2011 fiscal year, including quarterly revenue, and quarterly net profit.

But the Cupertino company's report doesn't come without some bad news. For the first time since 2002, Apple missed Wall Street's projected earnings, selling less iPhones and iPods than analysts expected. And shareholders are showing their disappointment...

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iOS 5 Gives Twitter a Boost as New Signups Skyrocket

Oliver Haslam ∙ October 18, 2011

In an interview with Mashable's Ben Parr, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo shared some interesting statistics. He said that iOS 5 has caused a massive spike in signups for the social network.

According to Costolo, signups via iOS have tripled since iOS 5 was made available to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users last Wednesday. Add in the hugely successful iPhone 4S launch on Friday, and you have a lot of people plugging their Twitter credentials right into iOS...

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iPhone 4S On Track to Becoming the Fastest Selling Consumer Device Ever

Cody Lee ∙ October 18, 2011

Even though it was initially met with some criticism, Apple's newest handset hasn't had any problems flying off the shelf. Yesterday morning, the Cupertino company reported that it sold a staggering 4 million iPhone 4S units during opening weekend.

Not only did the three day sell-a-thon set a company best for Apple in handset sales, it also helped US-based carriers like Sprint and AT&T set single-day sales records. And it looks like the smartphone's unprecedented run is only just beginning...

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The iPhone 4 Was Verizon and AT&T’s Top Handset Last Month

Cody Lee ∙ October 11, 2011

You would think that with an iPhone refresh on the horizon, sales for last year's model would start to decline. Why would you buy an outdated handset, when you knew that a new one would be announced soon for the same price?

Apparently not everyone followed the iPhone rumors, or if they did, they just didn't care. Because according to BGR, the iPhone 4 was still the top-selling smartphone for both Verizon and AT&T during the month of September...

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iPad Responsible for 97% of All Tablet Traffic in the US

Sébastien Page ∙ October 11, 2011

If you needed more proof that the iPad not only is an amazing product, but it's also the most popular tablet out there, this study by comScore might be all you need.

According to comScore, iOS accounts for the largest share of US smartphone and tablet devices while driving the majority of non-computer traffic. No surprise there, but the study also reveals that the iPad drives 97.2% of all tablet traffic...

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US iPhone 4S Preorder Shipping Now Showing 1-2 Weeks

Cody Lee ∙ October 7, 2011

Hot on the heels of AT&T's announcement earlier today that it has been seeing enormous demand for the iPhone 4S, Apple itself now seems to be feeling the pressure.

Earlier today we reported that the Cupertino company was forced to push back international shipping dates for the iPhone 4S, and now the delay has spilled over into the US...

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