Q2 market share results show Apple slowly losing market share

18 August, 2016
Q2 results show Apple's numbers slipping while Samsung remains at #1 with a higher market share.

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  • Anonymous
  • 19 Aug 2016

Anonymous, 19 Aug 2016yeh yeh yeh, we know buddy, 3.5" is the optimum screen size... moreYou must have poor reading comprehension. I wasn't talking about the screen size. I was talking about the screen resolution.

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    • Anonymous
    • 19 Aug 2016

    Anonymous, 19 Aug 2016This is what the apple fans always say initially about size... moreI'm not an Apple fan. It's nothing to do with Apple that QHD is overkill in phones. It wastes the GPU performance and battery life without any valid benefit.

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      • Anonymous
      • nFR
      • 19 Aug 2016

      Anonymous, 19 Aug 2016QHD is bullshít, UHD is even worse. Nothing more tha... moreyeh yeh yeh, we know buddy, 3.5" is the optimum screen size every body wants,, tim told us so, Oh, wait a minit...........

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        • AnonD-569958
        • rXW
        • 19 Aug 2016

        Anonymous, 19 Aug 2016QHD is bullshít, UHD is even worse. Nothing more tha... moreThat's what ifans said about big screen phones then slim ones..... And when apple puts what android phone had 2 years before they are like "WAW APPLE IS INNOVATION IPHONE IS CREATIVITY". If you believe that 720p is enough that's your choice, just don't start yelling when iPhone puts 1080p screen (at that time android happy users will have 8k screens) about innovative.

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          • Anonymous
          • PTS
          • 19 Aug 2016

          Anonymous, 19 Aug 2016QHD is bullshít, UHD is even worse. Nothing more tha... moreThis is what the apple fans always say initially about size, camera, resolution, ram, processor etc and when the outdated iphone incorporates changes, its an incredible innovation.

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            • Anonymous
            • 19 Aug 2016

            AnonD-485191, 19 Aug 2016And its about to get worse, especially with the iPhone 6SS ... moreQHD is bullshít, UHD is even worse. Nothing more than a marketing gimmick.

            720p is perfectly enough in a phone. Moreover, with 720p screen resolution, the phone's performance is much better and smoother.

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              • AnonD-135543
              • U{h
              • 19 Aug 2016

              Anonymous, 19 Aug 2016I am apple user, this article is beyond my intelligence, Gs... more"Beyond your intelligence" good to know. That might be the reason you are an iPhone user and your intelligence is beyond knee length to understand things. Lol

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                • rKa
                • 19 Aug 2016

                AnonD-387282, 19 Aug 2016This is so unfair post. You should know that apple's newest... moreApple are selling 100 dollar cost phone at the rate of 700 dollar. Android users are enjoying pure high end phones

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                  • Anonymous
                  • K6w
                  • 19 Aug 2016

                  AnonD-371213, 19 Aug 20162Q16, Woldwide smartphone sales to the end user (in 000) ... moreYou may be dead right however if a decline is a decline only justified if its because the iphone 7 is around.

                  If the trend continues long term....

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                    • AnonD-485191
                    • fwX
                    • 19 Aug 2016

                    And its about to get worse, especially with the iPhone 6SS I mean IPhone 7 coming up. All Iphones lately are just revisions. Nothing really exciting. Imagine a flagship phone still uses a 720 (HD) panel when the competition is already on QHD advancing to UHD with big amounts of RAM, big expandable memories etc and you pay all that money just because IOS is smooth. Damn shame if you ask me.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • HjB
                      • 19 Aug 2016

                      Bri, 19 Aug 2016As always, Apple is waiting till the adventurous companies ... moreIphone SE is a fail experiment. Its practically dont exist in smartphone world. Not even worth mentioning its name.

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                        • rJ$
                        • 19 Aug 2016

                        sr777, 19 Aug 2016iPhone market share will decline to a certain amount and ho... moreHappy to see someone who shares the exact same view as me. I also don't believe apple will be a next Nokia or blackberry. It will be a status symbol brand, nothing more, nothing less.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 5F{
                          • 19 Aug 2016

                          Apple may start suing other people again, to get their market share back. LOL.

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                            • Bri
                            • mpJ
                            • 19 Aug 2016

                            As always, Apple is waiting till the adventurous companies of Samsung etc take all the problems with innovating first and then make their subtle changes to then claim it to be theirs and the blind isheeps wouldn't know any better.

                            And this article refers to the reason Samsung had a higher Q2 compared to Apple was due to the S7 release. But no mention of the iPhone SE release in the same quarter hmm?

                              please apple dont die!! android needs you in competition!

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                                • Hka
                                • 19 Aug 2016

                                look like another Nokia.

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                                  • AnonD-371213
                                  • KIV
                                  • 19 Aug 2016

                                  2Q16,
                                  Woldwide smartphone sales to the end user (in 000)
                                  Samsung, 76,743.5
                                  Apple 44,395
                                  For apple we know these numbers are from iphone 6s, 6splus, 6 , 6plus, or 5s.
                                  But for Samsung are these numbers from s7, s7edge, s6, s6edge, note 5?
                                  If samsung numbers include all their phones high end, mid range, low end then i think apple is at par with samsung because apple only made high end devices, sale of high end devices should be compared with high end devices only.
                                  what do you think guys?

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                                    • AnonD-491426
                                    • uST
                                    • 19 Aug 2016

                                    This, is what I REALLY have predicted some years ago. It really is now HAPPENING!
                                    And because of this: Would then anyone agree if I, am going to call myself; a Prophet in the world of technology?
                                    HUH!
                                    and if this, is really and indeed, going to be the case; Listen Apple!:

                                    I, am going to forebode; that your iToy 7, is going to experience; an disastrous defeat against the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 64R-4R, and the Note 7 128R-6R!

                                    So, if I were in your shoes; I certainly would be very careful, when producing toys this year, and beyond...!…

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                                      • sr777
                                      • X}t
                                      • 19 Aug 2016

                                      iPhone market share will decline to a certain amount and hold that position like the Apple computers did when Microsoft ruled the PC market. At that point an iPhone will be a truly status symbol, like the supercars.

                                      Windows phones will gain market share slowly with more people adopting W10 for there PC and advantages of using W10 phone with a Windows 10 PC. But it will take some time. There already good universal apps that run both on PC and Phone. My cousin bought a laptop with W10 and I was able to run mobile games like Asphalt 8 without a problem on it and some other useful apps. So we just have to wait and see.

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                                        • t7X
                                        • 19 Aug 2016

                                        No surprise really. Since they no longer have any imagination in their products. They are even stripping away more features like the 3.5mm audio jack for no reason at all. Serves them right.