There are no “radical new features “. Smartphones are mature products. Noting revolutionary is going to be introduced by any company anytime soon.
Apple's $749 iPhone XR was the top selling smartphone in North America during the first quarter of 2019 according to new smartphone shipment data shared today by Canalys.
Apple shipped over 4.5 million iPhone XR devices during the quarter, and it made up 13 percent of total North American shipments. Samsung's Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10e were the other two most popular smartphones in Q1 2019, accounting for 6 percent of shipments each.
Though Apple's iPhone XR was the top selling smartphone in North America during the quarter, Apple still saw a 19 percent drop in year-over-year shipments.
Apple shipped 14.6 million devices in Q1 2019 in total, compared to 17.9 million devices shipped during the first quarter of 2018. Despite the drop, Apple managed to maintain 40 percent market share in North America, one of the regions where it sees strong performance.
Samsung shipped 10.7 million devices for 29.3 percent market share, while LG shipped 4.8 million devices and Lenovo shipped 2.4 million devices. Overall North American smartphone shipments were down an estimated 18 percent during Q1 2019, totaling 36.4 million shipments.
Canalys believes that in order to better compete in 2020, Apple will need to launch devices with "radical new features" that will better appeal to consumers. Thus far, rumors suggest Apple's 2019 iPhones will be largely similar to the 2018 iPhones, but with major camera improvements that could draw in upgraders and new customers and better compete with devices like the Google Pixel with its Night Sight mode.
Article Link: Apple Shipped an Estimated 4.5 Million iPhone XR Devices in North America in Q1 2019
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Apple Shipped an Estimated 4.5 Million iPhone XR Devices in North America in Q1 2019
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Didn't MR report that this phone was a flop?
I know its a "rumors" site, but perhaps keep the sources in mind next time they start screaming flop.
Didn't MR report that this phone was a flop?
I know its a "rumors" site, but perhaps keep the sources in mind next time they start screaming flop.
There is very little reason to upgrade to newer models, smartphones have hit a tech. ceiling I guess. Incremental benefits won't let people buy $1000 cellphones yearly.
Apple is stupid if they thought they can sell 100M iphone forever every year, its called market saturation.
Apple is stupid if they thought they can sell 100M iphone forever every year, its called market saturation.
Q1 is January through March. Galaxy S10 was released on 8th of March so it's only less than one month's worth of sales as compared to full three months' worth of iPhone Xr sales so the S10 is ahead.
Since the iPhone Xr isn't premium like the S10 the true comparison will be against the Pixel 3a which is on another level of smart category.
Either way outlook for iPhone Xr is gloomy since it's not premium nor smart.
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It's estimated that Apple sold 16M XS and XR models in November last year, likely finishing around 26-28M for that initial 2 month period. So I would expect Samsung to sell at least 20M in the same 2 month initial time frame. They only sold 10M in the entire 1st quarter, which includes all of their smartphone models. I'd say that's pretty poorly. Basing their growth off the S9 flop doesn't mean it did well compared to Apple.
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It may have, but I would still expect them to sell more than 10M smartphones in the entire quarter. Agree though, the XR is the clear winner here.
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Your right, we have hit a ceiling with smartphones, but Apple isn't stupid at all. They knew the smartphone market had peaked years go. They actually began the shift with the iPhone X, anticipating to sell less iPhone's for a higher ASP. This, coupled with their services and wearables focus from years back have turned out to be a brilliant business decision. Tim Cook should really be commended more for this move. Large corporations often need to pivot in the face of a changing industry - Apple did just that. You may not like their products, but they are anything but stupid.
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Which is why Huawei is a much more fierce competitor than Samsung. Not only do they hold 30-40% of the Global telecom equipment revenue, they are also heavy on patents in 5G. The most important thing is they are making a profit. I often wonder how long could Xiaomi and BBK sustain burning cash.
Samsung's revenue tanked has a lot more to do with NAND and DRAM prices, where it hold close to or exceed 50% market.
If form follows function the pixel 3a will be a niche player and sales of the s10 will be meh. The xr will be the winner.
Probably a regional thing. Certain regions can be "richer" than others, and lean more towards a specific device or pricepoint than another.
For example, I see more X or Xs here as well than Xrs. iin fact, I can't recall seeing an Xr at all. So in the area around me, there's clearly a demographic that is willing to spend the money for the X(s) instead of the Xr.
But due to the high price of the X, I think overall you'll find more people in more demographics overall probably lean Xr.
Surprisingly in the last few years is I've seen a bigger shift away from iPhones in general. used to be that 6/10 people I met were on an iPhone. Now it seems more like a 1/10. I've also noticed many at work have started switching (I see device enrollment) from iPhone to some variant of android. S8 and S9 seem to be the most popular targets right now. With a few Huawei's in the mix.
I saw many switched to Android during the iPhone 5 era only to switched back to iPhone 6s or later. I wasn't surprised, I consider those phone were crap. I now see many switching to Android again, but this time I think the Android phone are very decent.
But then I always think and Android and iOS are two different mentality. Android is a dumped down PC in your pocket, you could tinker and do all sort of things in it. iOS is an Appliance with many functions. And many geeks or nerds will always flavour some tinkering.
If we are discussing anecdotal, iphone notch seems to be everywhere overwhelmingly in my region, with Samsung galaxy line after that and the other android models. It's tough to distinguish at a distance the notch model though.
Got it. My opinion = wrong. Your opinion = right. I don't mind either way how Samsung is selling, I just expected better.
Yes, your opinion is wrong and unlike you I only stated facts.
You expected more based on some random self imposed metric that doesn't make much sense anyway.
You most likely didn't even read the explanation on Canalys. They talk about Q1 2019 so the S10 was only available for the last month of the quarter but still managed to grab the second and third place in overall sales.Yeah according to you that means it's surprising how poorly the S10 sold.
Apple's fall in Q1 is due to low sales of their latest flagships in particular. But you said "impressive for Apple". What so impressive? The fact that although "they were helped by carrier and retail discounts on older models as well as the growing use of trade-in promotions it was not enough to offset the shortfall of iPhone shipments in Q1" in the US, their most favorable market by far?
No, the fact that Samsung managed to gain market share to the detriment of Apple means that they did well compared to Apple. Very simple logic.
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My opinion of expecting higher sales from Samsung can't be wrong, it's an opinion. Even through the first month, that's not all that high for a flagship phone. Apple sold 50% (XS/XR) more in the same time frame. What was impressive about Apple was that they recognized a stagnant smartphone market early on, pivoted their focus to wearables and services, and still managed to take the bulk of the smartphone profits AND increase overall revenue for the quarter. Companies often need to pivot within their respective industry and Apple did just that.
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No but you opinion that "Samsung did poorly in terms of sales" is wrong. At least pay attention.
Also Apple only increased prices. They didin't pivot anything.
In my opinion, they did do poorly. I was expecting higher numbers from a flagship phone and actually thought they had a great product/strategy. Well if you looked at Apple’s numbers for the quarter, you would see they increased their revenue from services, wearables, and iPad as well. Services and wearables are clearly a major focus for them moving forward. See chart below if you need a little help, the higher the colored line, the higher the revenue. There is a legend for which color represents which business line. Yellow, grey, and purple are the ones I touched on. Hope that helps.
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Yeah but you didn't give any plausible reasons for the numbers you expected so you are wrong, meaning that your claim about Samsung's doing poorly in terms of sales in Q1 2019 has no veridicity, deal with it instead of just wasting time with more irrelevant posts. I don't understand why you keep trying to defend an undefendable position.
Yeah because those are still growing business but it was nothing incredible.
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Samsung mobiles operating profit had a 40% decline last quarter. Samsung display posted a loss.
Samsung components also supply components to Samsung mobile. In fact Samsung mobile sources most of thier components from Samsung semiconductor and Samsung display. And none of those companies are currently doing well. [/b][/b]
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