James Myers of OAN
10:15am – Monday, April 15, 2024
Apple’s iPhone has been overtaken by Samsung to become the world’s number one mobile phone maker, according to the latest data. IDC.
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Apple surpassed Samsung last quarter, shipping 50.1 million iPhones in the first three months of 2024, down 9.6% from a year earlier. IDC It was reported on Sunday. However, Apple’s smartphone shipments in China in the final quarter of 2023 decreased by 2.1% compared to the same period last year.
Samsung delivered 60.1 million smartphones in the first quarter, down 0.7% year-on-year. Samsung currently has a 20.8% market share of all smartphone sales, far exceeding Apple’s 17.3% share.
“The smartphone market is emerging from the turbulence of the past two years stronger and changing,” said Research Director Nabila Popal. IDCSaid bloomberg.
“Apple has been very resilient and has seen significant increases in shipments and share over the past few years, but maintaining the pace of growth and peak share seen in 2023 will be a challenge. As it recovers further, IDC expects Android to grow far faster than Apple in 2024.
Additionally, global smartphone shipments increased by 7.8% overall in the first quarter, with a total of 289.4 million smartphones shipped in the latest period.
However, Chinese brands such as Huawei are gaining a larger share of the iPhone market. IDC The data showed. Additionally, Xiaomi, one of China’s top smartphone manufacturers, ranked third with 50.1 million units sold and a market share of 14.1%.
Meanwhile, Apple will hold a Worldwide Developers Conference in June to discuss software updates for iPhones, iPads, and other Apple devices.
Apple recently made headlines when it announced that it would cancel plans to produce electric cars and instead increase production of generative AI projects.
The electric car, dubbed Project Titan, was doomed to failure based on 2014 statistics. Some of these include having trouble navigating the road, running over a curb, veering off the entire road into the middle of an intersection, or nearly hitting a jogger while driving. included. Test drive in Silicon Valley in 2022.
A month after failing his driving test, Apple fired 614 employees.
The company also lost its title as the world’s most valuable company to Microsoft earlier this year.
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