by Pivot
Tag: iPhone
Report: Microsoft Mobile Satisfaction Sees Big Jump
Apple, Samsung and Google continue to dominate markets for consumer connected devices, but Microsoft’s focus on improving the overall user experience is paying off, according to Argus Insights. Microsoft’s ¨Delight Index¨ – Argus Insights’ proprietary…
Report: U.S. Smartphone Penetration Hits 77.1%
Apple garnered a 44.1 percent share and retained the top market position in the US smartphone OEM market in the three-month period to the end of August, increasing its lead 0.6 percentage points, according to…
Wireless Carriers Embrace Equipment Installment Plan Risk to Gain Benefits
The wireless industry is undergoing a significant shift in the distribution of devices used on their networks. Equipment installment plans (EIPs) are taking hold, replacing the historical model of subsidizing devices with term contracts. Both…
How Disruptive Are Apple EIPs? T-Mobile and Sprint React
Updated September 25 with information about Verizon How big a threat are Apple’s new iPhone equipment installment plans to telecom carriers? The answer depends on who you ask. Apple’s new offerings let customers pay for…
Apple Debuts iPhone 6s Devices, iPad Pro, Apple TV Redesign
All four major U.S. wireless carriers will offer the iPhone 6s and larger iPhone 6s Plus announced yesterday and for which the company will begin accepting pre-orders on September 12. An Apple spokesman said the…
NFL and Showtime Join Growing OTT Streaming Movement
The move to deliver content over-the-top via Internet streaming got another boost yesterday. Two well-known brands announced streaming efforts.The dominant sports brand, the NFL, announcing they will stream an NFL game in the upcoming season…
IDC: Samsung Regains Smartphone Leadership as Smartphone Shipments Rise Nearly 17%
A total of 336.5 million smartphones were shipped worldwide by vendors in 2015’s first quarter (1Q’15), 16.7 percent more than the 288.5 million that were shipped in 1Q’14. 1Q’15’s smartphone shipment total was down 10.9…
Smartphone Market Share: Report Finds Apple Gains
More than 1 billion smartphones were shipped worldwide in 4Q 2014, with a record-setting total of 74.5 million iPhones contributing to 29 percent year-over-year growth, according to the latest market data from Juniper Research. Smartphone…
Behind Time Warner Cable/ Boingo Seamless Wi-Fi Roaming
Time Warner Cable and Boingo have implemented what they said is the wireless industry’s first Passpoint roaming integration. Customers of either company will be able to seamlessly roam onto the other company’s Wi-Fi hotspots, with some…
IHS iPhone 6 Tear-Down: Plus Model Costs Only $15.50 More to Build
Investors in Apple’s shares have long cheered the company’s ability to command premium prices, and fanatic customer allegiance, for its sleekly designed consumer electronics (CE) products. Apple continues to pursue that strategy with the launch…
Apple Watch Requires an iPhone; iPhone 6 Carriers Include the Big Four
Connected multi-purpose devices have been making strides toward obsoleting single-purpose products one by one (viz. cameras, CD players, radios, books and e-readers). The latest device in high-tech firms’ sights is the wristwatch — but if…
IDC: Phablet Shipments to Surpass Portable PCs, Then Tablets
More phablets – smartphones with 5.5-7” screens – will be shipped this year than portable PCs, and phablet shipments will surge next year, surpassing tablet shipments, according to new market research from IDC. Worldwide phablet…