Carriers hate the iPhone
Apple’s iPhone is the most profitable product offered by the most valuable company in the world. With only three iPhone models in its lineup, the …
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Sprint posts $1.3 billion net loss in Q4; 1.8M iPhones sold, 1.6M net subscribers added
Sprint on Wednesday reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2011. The nation’s No.3 carrier sold 1.8 million iPhones, 40% of which were sold …
iPhone 4S launch sent Apple Store sales skyrocketing
Apple Stores are often busy and with the release of new iPhones and iPads, Apple’s retail locations become bombarded with waves of excited customers. According …
HTC slump continues in Q4; guidance misses Q1 estimates
HTC on Monday reported earnings for the fourth quarter last year along with guidance for the first quarter that missed analysts’ estimates. Further highlighting the …
Apple and Samsung to pull in 90% of smartphone profits in 2012, UBS says
Industry watchers agree that smartphone sales will continue to balloon in 2012, but much of the projected growth will seemingly be enjoyed by just two …
RIM’s new chairwoman promises shake-up isn’t over
Research In Motion’s newly appointed chairwoman of board Barbara Stymiest vowed on Thursday that the changes sweeping the struggling smartphone vendor will continue. RIM announced …
Sony posts huge $2 billion net loss in Q3, cuts forecasts
Kazuo Hirai was appointed Sony’s new chief executive on Wednesday and one day later, the company reported a wider than expected loss in the third …
LG reports second straight loss in Q4
LG Electronics on Wednesday posted its second consecutive quarterly loss despite record flat-panel TV shipments and solid performance from its mobile handset division. The South …
Amazon reports $17.4B in revenue, sales up 35% but misses Street estimates
Amazon on Tuesday reported its earnings for the fourth quarter, during which it took in $17.4 billion in revenue. While its net sales were up …
Nokia still top vendor as global handset shipments reached 1.6 billion in 2011
Global mobile phone shipments grew 14% annually to shatter the previous shipment record in 2011. Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that 1.6 billion cell …
New RIM CEO admits Apple and Google are winning, says change is coming
Investors had been clamoring for Research In Motion co-founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis to relinquish their co-CEO and co-chairman roles, and the company finally announced …
Apple reclaims No.1 smartphone spot in Q4
Apple is once again the top smartphone vendor in the world by shipment volume according to a report released late Thursday. Market research firm Strategy …
Samsung’s Q4 delivers record $4.7 billion in profit on $42 billion in revenue
Samsung on Friday reported record earnings for the fourth quarter last year. In line with the company’s estimates as reported earlier this month, Samsung recorded …
Android accounted for less than 19% of Q4 smartphone sales at AT&T
Apple’s share of the global smartphone market reportedly topped the market share of all Android vendors combined in the fourth quarter last year, and nowhere …
Apple’s grip on tablet market said to be loosening as Android shipments tripled in Q4
Apple sold more iPads in the fourth calendar quarter than it has ever sold before in a single three-month period, but the 15.4 million tablets …
Nokia reports huge €1 billion Q4 loss, says over 1 million Lumia phones sold
Nokia on Thursday reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011, revealing its third straight quarterly loss but beating analyst estimates. The company saw revenue …
LG: More than 1 million Optimus LTE phones sold
LG announced on Wednesday that it has sold more than 1 million Optimus LTE handsets. A version of the device landed in the United States …
Q4 iPhone sales reportedly topped all Android phones combined
Apple’s monster holiday quarter is the talk of the tech world, with the technology giant having just reported the second most profitable quarter ever among …
Amazon’s Kindle Fire had no impact on iPad sales, Apple CEO says
Amazon’s Kindle Fire had a huge holiday season by all accounts, with fourth-quarter sales that may have exceeded 4 million units according to analyst estimates. While …
‘Disappointing’ iPhone 4S leads Apple to most profitable quarter in tech history
“Disappointing” though it may have been to some, the iPhone 4S propelled what is now confirmed to have been the most profitable quarter any technology …
Apple reports record Q1 blowout, biggest quarter ever with 37 million iPhones, 15.4 million iPad sold
Following a rare miss in the fourth quarter, Apple on Tuesday reported record earnings in the fiscal first quarter that crushed expectations. Wall Street’s consensus …
Nokia may have sold more than 1.3 million Lumia smartphones last year
Nokia reportedly sold as many as 1.3 million of its new Windows Phone powered Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 smartphones in the last few months …
Android share doubles iPhone in U.S., Samsung most popular vendor
Google’s share of the smartphone market in the United States is now nearly double that of Apple’s iPhone according to new data published Friday. A …
Kindle Fire demand cooling off? Amazon sales charts say otherwise
Following what Amazon reported to have been a huge holiday season for the company’s debut tablet, demand for the Kindle Fire has slowed according to …
Samsung Galaxy S II sales surpass 5 million units in South Korea
Samsung has sold more than 5 million units of its popular Galaxy S II smartphone in South Korea. The milestone was hit just five months …
Acer chairman eyes MacBook Air-like ultrabooks for PC growth
Acer chairman JT Wang on Thursday reaffirmed the company’s dedication to the new “ultrabook” market, further distancing his company from the low-margin netbooks that have …
Google reports solid Q4 growth but misses revenue, EPS estimates
Google on Thursday reported solid growth in the fourth-quarter of 2011, but the company missed earnings estimates and shares of Google stock took a hit …
Sony Ericsson posts Q4 loss, blames ‘intense competition’
Sony Ericsson on Wednesday posted a €247 million loss, blaming “intense competition, price erosion and restructuring charges” for its poor results. While the Swedish joint venture …
‘iPhone frenzy’ to drive huge Q1 for Apple
By all accounts, Apple is preparing to report the biggest quarter in the company’s storied history on January 24th, fueled by solid Mac sales, strong …
iPad sales may approach 50 million in 2012
With Apple currently readying its next-generation iPad 3 tablet, new estimates suggest the company could sell nearly 50 million iPads this year. In a note …
