[aMorePerfectUnion]

According to figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the market research division of WPP, in the key holiday sales quarter of Q4 2014, Apple sold more iPhones than all of the various Android OEMs put together, the first time that it has managed to do this since Q4 2012. But if you don’t want to buy into any Apple hype, you might consider there’s likely some margin for error here — iOS devices accounted for 47.7% of sales, while Android devices accounted for 47.6%.

More at website.

[Star Traveler]

Something for iPhone users on Free Republic!

[Gay State Conservative]

Never,never,*ever* will I buy an Apple product.I got an iPod for Christmas a few years ago and promptly (and quietly) sold it on ebay.Windows 7 and my Samsung Android serve me very well indeed.

[Star Traveler]

Quoting ...

Rounding out sales, Microsoft’s Windows Phone is facing a difficult time breaking into anything beyond a negligible place in the market. Across the “big five” markets of Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain, which was seen as the focus of great hope for the brand considering its Nokia legacy, Windows Phone declined one percentage point and took just under 9% of sales. “Windows Phone, soon to be Windows 10, had seen some success across Europe in 2013 but continued to struggle in the latest period, recording minimal growth only in France and Germany,” Kantar writes. That was repeated elsewhere. In the U.S., dropped by half a percentage point to 3.8% of all sales. In China it is now at 0.7% of all sales.

Considering that it wasn’t too long ago that Symbian was China’s biggest smartphone platform, and before that the world’s, and that Windows Phone was supposed to be the heir apparent to Symbian, it’s a remarkable failure to hold on to market position.

[bolobaby]

A one time bump. Once the cult of Apple has the bigger handsets, sales will plummet.

A bump is expected. You have a customer base around 13% that will ONLY use Apple. They’ve been suffering with tiny screens while their Android counterparts have been enjoying larger screens for some time. Suddenly they offer a bigger screen model. The cultists flock to the store to *finally* replace their tiny-screened devices with bigger screens. Once that transition has taken place, demand will plummet.

Enjoy it while it lasts Apple. In the end, they are still losing big-time to Android. It’s history repeating itself, although you can’t explain that to the cultists.

[11th Commandment]

Apple’s iPhone Overtakes Android SAMSUNG In US Sales For The First Time Since 2012

Interesting why you chose to change the headline. Android also sold on LG, Motorola, HTC, Google, Amazon, Sony....

[Sam Gamgee]

Apple still has more apps available. Another thing I notice, at least here in Canada, and Ipad is roughly the same price as a Samsung pad. My daughter is saving up for one and I suggested by get a Samsung when you can get a much more fun, easier to use Ipad for the same price?

[Swordmaker]

Apple iPhone outsells Android in US — PING!

Apple overtakes Android in US Ping!

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