Apple Readies for Holiday Bonanza
18.05.12
The Apple iPhone might not be dominating the smartphone market like its iOS cousin, the iPad, is commanding the emerging tablet market, but recent signs point to an upcoming iPhone boon that will go bonkers this holiday season.
And that's not all: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster predicts Apple will sell a record number of Macs over the holidays.
Apple shipped 17 million iPhones in the latest quarter, down 3 million units from the second quarter of 2011, due to consumers putting off purchases because of the upcoming iPhone 4S. In a new report, though, Gartner believes Apple will bounce back in the fourth quarter given strong early demand for the iPhone 4S. Apple sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S units in the first three days.
(However, Gartner reports that Samsung has become the number one smartphone manufacturer worldwide, tripling sales to reach 24 million, thanks to its Galaxy smartphones. Android OS market share in the third quarter hit 52 percent, compared to 15 percent for iOS.)
Source: PCWorld