Articles tagged with: Apple and Ihs

Samsung Overtakes Apple in Smartphone Sales Charts

Samsung Electronics in the third quarter managed to take the No. 1 position in the global smartphone market for the first time ever, setting the stage for a close battle with apple for market leadership in the fourth quarter, according to IHS iSuppli. more

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Can Apple Stay on Top Without Jobs?

In life, Steve Jobs' vision gave apple a commanding lead over the competition. But after his death, it will be Jobs' skills as a manager -- specifically whether he built an organization that can carry on his legacy without him -- that will determine whether apple can maintain its advantage. However, no matter how successfully Jobs seeded apple with his genius, his spark may prove irreplaceable over the long term. more

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Nokia's Pain is Apple's Gain in Q2 Smartphone Market

Capitalizing on a 31 percent decline in shipments at longtime market leader Nokia, apple surged into the No. 1 position in the global smartphone market in the second quarter, according to the new IHS iSuppli Mobile Handset Market Track from information and analysis provider IHS. more

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Apple's iPad Leads in Brand Satisfaction Among US Consumers

apple commands the highest satisfaction rating of all tablet sellers among U.S. consumers -- along with the vast majority of sales and a high degree of loyalty among owners -- according to the new IHS iSuppli U.S. Tablet Consumer Preference study from information and analysis provider IHS. more

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Apple Giveth, but iCloud Taketh Away From NAND Flash Memory Market

apple in recent years has played a key role in expanding the market for NAND flash -- but the company's newly launched iCloud storage service could cause demand for the memory to weaken in the future, according to the IHS iSuppli Memory and Storage Service. more

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Wireless Operators Head into the Cloud with Tiered Pricing Plans

T-Mobile USA in May joined the swelling ranks of operators implementing tiered pricing plans for mobile broadband access, moves that will allow these companies to capitalize on the fast-growing wireless data market -- and better position them to accommodate cloud services like apple's iCloud, new IHS iSuppli research indicates. more

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Apple Becomes World's Largest OEM Semiconductor Buyer in 2010

Spurred by booming demand for the iPhone and iPad, apple Inc. in 2010 became the largest buyer of semiconductors among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the first time ever, new IHS iSuppli research indicates. more

Bucking a rare downturn in the burgeoning smart phone business, apple Inc. in the first quarter achieved double-digit-percentage growth in iPhone shipments and posted the best performance among the Top 5 competitors, new IHS iSuppli research reveals. more

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Revenue for Major Mobile App Stores to Rise 77.7 Percent in 2011

Combined revenues from the four major mobile application stores run by apple, Google, Nokia and Research In Motion will leap 77.7 percent in 2011 to $3.8 billion, with the apple App Store projected to eat up a gargantuan three-quarters share of the total market, according to new IHS Screen Digest research. more

Apple's CDMA iPad Has Lower Materials Cost than GSM Counterpart

With the second-generation iPad, apple has held the line on the bill of materials (BOM), maintaining virtually the same costs as the first version of the device, an IHS iSuppli teardown analysis of the product has revealed. The 32GB NAND flash memory version of the iPad 2 equipped the with GSM/HSPA standard carries a BOM of $326.60. The 32GB version equipped with the CDMA standard carries a BOM of $323.25. more

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