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The iPhone Lost Market Share in Q4? Who Cares?

in Mobile on February 1, 2010 at 12:30 pm PT

In its fourth quarter, Apple shipped some 8.7 million iPhones–nearly double the number shipped in the same quarter a year earlier and 18 percent more than it shipped in its third quarter. Impressive gains by any measure. Interesting to learn, then, that Apple actually lost smartphone market share.

Five Apps Per iPhone? More Like 20 [Updated]

in News on March 3, 2009 at 8:12 am PT

Here’s an interesting metric from market researcher InStat, and one that, to some extent, belies perceptions about the success of Apple’s App Store. While smartphone users are obviously intrigued by the smorgasbord of new mobile applications offered them, they don’t really download very many on average. Fewer than five, to be exact.
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