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  • Google’s North American Smartphone Share Grew 230% in Q2 2022

    Google’s North American Smartphone Share Grew 230% in Q2 2022

    Google was the big winner among smartphone makers in Q2 2022, with its market share growing a whopping 230%.

    Q2 2022 was not a good quarter for North American smartphone shipments, with the overall industry experiencing a 6% decline. Despite that, there were a few bright spots, according to Canalys.

    Apple and Samsung continued to dominate the market, being the most popular smartphone models among NA buyers. Despite the overall downturn, Apple’s share grew by 3%, Samsung’s share grew by 4%, and Motorola’s grew by a mere 1%. TCL’s share dropped by 1%, while “Others” dropped by 61%.

    The real winner, however, was Google. Despite its Pixel series not breaking the top ten most popular, the company saw a 230% increase in its market share, bringing it to 2% overall.

    Google has struggled to make significant headway in the market, despite its Pixel line of phones generally receiving favorable reviews. It appears the company has finally hit a winning combination with its Pixel 6 redesign.

  • Apple Is Once Again the World’s Top Smartphone Maker

    Apple Is Once Again the World’s Top Smartphone Maker

    Apple has once gain overtaken Samsung for the title of the world’s top smartphone maker, based on Q4 2021 shipments.

    Apple and Samsung go back and forth for the top spot, with each benefiting from release cycles, major upgrades, and a plethora of other factors. According to research firm Canalys, Apple took the top spot in Q4 2021, with 22% of worldwide shipments. Samsung came in second with 20%, while Xiaomi rounded out the top three with 12%.

    “Apple is back at the top of the smartphone market after three quarters, driven by a stellar performance from the iPhone 13,” said Canalys Analyst Sanyam Chaurasia. “Apple saw unprecedented iPhone performance in Mainland China, with aggressive pricing for its flagship devices keeping the value proposition strong. Apple’s supply chain is starting to recover, but it was still forced to cut production in Q4 amid shortages of key components and could not make enough iPhones to meet demand. In prioritized markets, it maintained adequate delivery times, but in some markets its customers had to wait to get their hands on the latest iPhones.”

    One of Apple’s greatest strengths has always been its supply chain, giving the company the ability to weather disruptions better than its competitors. That was certainly true in Q4, with supply chain issues hitting smaller companies much harder.

    “Supply chain disruption affected low-end vendors the most,” said Canalys VP Mobility Nicole Peng. “Component manufacturers are eking out additional production, but it will take years for major foundries to significantly increase chip capacity. Smartphone brands are already innovating to make the most of their circumstances, tweaking device specs in response to available materials, approaching emerging chipmakers to secure new sources for ICs, focusing product lines on the best-selling models and staggering new product releases. These practices lend an advantage to larger brands, and they are set to stay for the short term, as bottlenecks will not ease until the second half of 2022.”

  • Xiaomi Leapfrogs Apple to Become Number Two Smartphone Vendor

    Xiaomi Leapfrogs Apple to Become Number Two Smartphone Vendor

    Xiaomi has become the world’s number two smartphone maker for the first time ever, dropping Apple to third place.

    Xiaomi is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, with a strong overseas presence. As the smartphone market rebounded from the pandemic, Xiaomi was well-poised to increase its market share.

    According to analysis firm Canalys, Samsung retained the top spot with a 19% share and 15% growth. Apple dropped to third place with a 14% share and 1% growth. Xiaomi, in contrast, had a 17% share but a whopping 83% growth. Oppo and Vivo rounded out the top five.

    “Xiaomi is growing its overseas business rapidly,” said Canalys Research Manager Ben Stanton. “For example, its shipments increased more than 300% in Latin America, 150% Africa and 50% in Western Europe. And as it grows, it evolves. It is now transforming its business model from challenger to incumbent, with initiatives such as channel partner consolidation and more careful management of older stock in the open market.”

    Much of Xiaomi’s success has been because of its lower price point, coming in significantly cheaper than either Samsung or Apple. Nonetheless, the company is clearly gunning to take the top spot from Samsung.

    “It is still largely skewed toward the mass market, however, and compared with Samsung and Apple, its average selling price is around 40% and 75% cheaper respectively,” Stanton continues. “So a major priority for Xiaomi this year is to grow sales of its high-end devices, such as the Mi 11 Ultra. But it will be a tough battle, with Oppo and Vivo sharing the same objective, and both willing to spend big on above-the-line marketing to build their brands in a way that Xiaomi is not. All vendors are fighting hard to secure component supply amid global shortages, but Xiaomi already has its sights set on the next prize: displacing Samsung to become the world’s largest vendor

  • Q1 2021 US Cloud Infrastructure Spending Grew 29%

    Q1 2021 US Cloud Infrastructure Spending Grew 29%

    Cloud infrastructure spending grew a whopping 29% in Q1 2021, buoyed by the impact the pandemic has had on businesses.

    As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, organizations of all sizes accelerated their transition to cloud computing in an effort to stay productive. Especially as employees were sent home to work remotely, cloud computing became one of the single most critical factors in many businesses’ success.

    The accelerated digital transformation continues to impact the cloud market, according to data from Canalys. In fact, spending increased some 29%, hitting $18.6 billion.

    Cloud infrastructure services spend in the United States grew 29% in Q1 2021 to a record US$18.6 billion. Total expenditure increased US$4.2 billion in the last year and US$621 million in the last quarter according to the latest Canalys data. Dollar for dollar, annual expansion was the highest in two years, indicating robust demand for cloud services. The focus on digital transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic was the main factor behind the continued investment momentum, aided by the economic recovery and subsequent restart of some delayed projects.

    As the US rolls out the Biden administration’s modernization initiatives, Canalys sees cloud providers benefiting even more, especially with the addition of $1 billion added to the Technology Modernization Fund, part of the larger America Rescue Plan. AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud — with 37%, 23% and 9% of the US market respectively — are rapidly building out their infrastructure to keep up.

    “Cloud service providers have a big opportunity with the US government, not only with its stated desire to modernize technologies, but also its renewed focus on cybersecurity efforts,” said Canalys Vice President Alex Smith. “The recent SolarWinds hack affected nine federal agencies and the Colonial Pipeline hack exposed the high risk all organizations face. With intense competition over large government cloud contracts, such as the US$10 billion JEDI contract, a security advantage will pay off for bidding cloud service providers.”

  • Chinese Smartphone Vendors Are On The Rise

    Chinese Smartphone Vendors Are On The Rise

    As has already been reported, smartphone shipments continued to grow during the second quarter of 2013. Canalys today released its estimates, showing that shipments grew 50% from the second quarter of 2012 to 238.1 million units. The analyst firm’s numbers also show that Chinese smartphone manufacturers are raising their market shares quickly.

    Canalys estimates that the top five Chinese smartphone manufacturers – Lenovo, Yulong, Huawei, ZTE, and Xiaomi – accounted for a combined 20% of smartphone shipments this past quarter. Smartphone shipments in China rose over 100% this past year to now comprise over 33% of the quarter’s 238 million units shipped. India also saw a massive rise in smartphone shipments over the past year, with shipments rising 129% year-over-year to 9 million units.

    Like other analysts, Canalys is predicting that most future growth in the smartphone market will come from mid- and low-end devices.

    “Lenovo has benefited from its large TD-SCDMA product portfolio, much of which is aimed at the low-end,” said Nicole Peng, a research director at Canalys. “China Mobile’s strategy of continuously pushing TD-SCDMA smart phones to the mass market benefits local vendors, in particular Lenovo and Yulong. The critical task for these vendors now though is to reduce their reliance on their home market and grow their businesses internationally. To achieve this they will need to invest in patents, establishing local teams and channels as well as diversifying their product portfolios to attract a broader range of consumer segments.”

    Though the Chinese smartphone market is expected to grow for sometime to come, Chinese manufacturers will have a hard time pushing past Apple and Samsung, which make up a combined 44.8% of global smartphone shipments, according to Canalys’ data. Samsung has a wide variety of smartphone styles and is shipping double the number of mobile devices as any other company. With Apple expected to release a mid-range iPhone this fall, analysts are predicting that the current Apple/Samsung dominance will continue for some time to come.

    “The high end of the market continues to grow but there is no doubt that the explosive growth will come from the low end of the market,” said Chris Jones, a principal analyst at Canalys. “Apple needs to respond to this dynamic and it is evident from the performance of its older models this quarter that there is real demand for a new low-cost iPhone. The challenge that it faces is maintaining high margins on arguably the most important products in its portfolio.”

  • 5 Million Smart Watches Predicted to Ship Next Year

    In the wake of the mega-successful Pebble Watch Kickstarter campaign, large tech companies took notice of the untapped demand in the market. Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and Google are all rumored to be working on their own version of the Smart Watch.

    Though true consumer demand for such devices has yet to be proven, even analysts believe wearable computers could soon become the next big tech growth market. Tech analyst firm Canalys this week predicted that over 5 million smart watches will be shipped next year. This is up from the 500,000 that are predicted to be shipped this year, mostly by Sony and Pebble.

    “Smart watches will be the most important new product category in consumer electronics since the iPad defined the market for tablets,” said Chris Jones, principal analyst at Canalys. “Software platforms tied to smart watches will also be a tremendous opportunity for developers to write apps in categories such as health and wellness or sports and fitness.”

    The analyst predicts that the coming flood of smart watches will not yet affect the smartphone market, as current battery technology precludes putting mobile access into the devices. Canalys does predict, however, that smart watches will heavily affect the market for existing watches, which shipped a total of 1 billion watches in 2012.

  • Android Dominated Smartphone Shipments in 2012

    Android Dominated Smartphone Shipments in 2012

    Industry analyst Canalys this week revealed its fourth quarter 2012 estimates for mobile phone shipments. Unsurprisingly, it estimates that the worldwide smartphone market grew 37% from the fourth quarter of 2011. Smartphones, according to Canalys made up almost half of the mobile phone shipments in the fourth quarter 2012.

    Android handsets accounted for over one-third (34%) of mobile phone shipments during the quarter, while Apple‘s iPhones made up only 11% of the shipments. When looking at only smartphones, over two-thirds (69%) of the quarter’s shipments were Android handsets.

    Samsung led shipments by growing 78% year-over-year, but Chinese companies such as Huawei, ZTE, and Lenovo saw triple-digit growth, while Sony fell out of the top five. In China, smartphone shipments comprised a full 73% of mobile phone shipments during the quarter.

    “BlackBerry, Microsoft and Nokia, as well as other Android vendors, have strategies and devices in place to attack, but the task is daunting to say the least,” said Pete Cunningham, principal analyst at Canalys. “When we look at the whole of 2012, Nokia remained the number three smart phone vendor, shipping 35 million units, but Apple in second place shipped 101 million more handsets. First-placed Samsung shipped 74 million more than Apple – the gaps are colossal. But there is still a big opportunity as smart phone penetration increases around the world. Vendors left in the wake of the top vendors must at the very least improve their portfolios, time-to-market and marketing, as well as communicate their differentiators. Microsoft, BlackBerry and other new OS entrants, such as Mozilla, must make the OS switch as simple as possible and drive and localize their respective app and content ecosystems.”

  • RIM, HTC Losing Big Worldwide, Shows Analyst

    RIM, HTC Losing Big Worldwide, Shows Analyst

    It’s widely known that RIM, HTC, and Nokia are in trouble in U.S. cell phone markets. As Samsung consolidates its power over the Android smartphone market, it isn’t leaving much room for another Apple competitor. It’s sometimes said that even though this is the case, other handset manufacturers have a good chance at propping up their profits by focusing on emerging cell phone markets.

    Research firm Canalys today released its worldwide country-level smartphone shipment data for the third quarter of 2012, and the numbers still don’t look good for anyone other than Samsung, Apple, and Sony.

    Their shipment data shows that the worldwide smartphone market reached 173.7 million units in Q3 2012 – 44% higher than Q3 2011. For the third consecutive quarter, Samsung led the global market by shipping 55.5 million smartphones, or 32% of all smartphone shipments. Apple came next with 26.9 million (15.5%), and Sony rounded out the top 3 with 8.8 million (5.1%).

    HTC and RIM come next on the list, and they aren’t far behind Sony, with 8.4 million (4.8%) and 7.3 million (4.2%), respectively. However, these numbers are a huge decrease for these companies from their 2011 shipment numbers. HTC shipped 36% more smartphones in Q3 2011, and RIM shipped 38% more. Their shares of shipment numbers have similarly dropped, over 5% in HTC’s case and almost that much for RIM.

    Nokia has been pushed off the top 5 and is now included with the “others” category, which collectively ships 38.5% of the world’s smartphones. Nokia shipped fewer units in Q3 2012 in anticipation of the launch of Windows Phone 8. RIM is currently gearing up for BlackBerry 10, which it hopes will revitalize its business, but which analysts are predicting might be DOA.

    Canalys emphasized that these numbers are heavily skewed by China, where Samsung has a large lead in the smartphone market.

    “When considering actual use of smart phones, however, the markets differ dramatically again, determined by network availability, speed, pricing and localization,” said Chris Jones, Canalys co-founder and principal analyst. “For example, data from the Canalys App Interrogator tool shows that the US market still leads in terms of app downloads and revenue. For example, the US made up 45% of all Apple iPhone app downloads in September, compared with just 11% in China.”

    (via BGR)

  • Report Names Android World’s Leading Smartphone Platform

    Android is now the leading smartphone platform according to Canalys, which just published its Q4 2010 report on the subject. Shipments of smartphones with Google’s mobile operating system reached 32.9 million. 

    The fourth quarter saw 101.2 million smart phone shipments in all, representing an in crease of 89% year-over-year.

    "2010 has been a fantastic year for the smart phone market," says Canalys VP and Principal Analyst Chris Jones. "After a difficult 2009, the speed with which the market has recovered has required real commitment and innovation from vendors and they have risen to the challenge. But vendors cannot afford to be complacent. 2011 is set to be a highly competitive year with vendors looking to use new technology, such as dual-core processors, NFC and 3D displays, to differentiate their products and maintain value."

    Smartphone Market Q4 2010

    "The US landscape will shift dramatically this coming year, as a result of the Verizon-Apple agreement," another Canalys analyst, Tim Shepherd, said. "Verizon will move its focus away from the Droid range, but the overall market impact will mean less carrier-exclusive deals, while increasing the AT&T opportunity for Android vendors, such as HTC, Motorola and Samsung."

    The firm notes that Android was by far the largest smart phone platform in the US market for the quarter, with shipments of 12.1 million units (about three times those of BlackBerry devices).

    On a related note, Android is also starting to eat into Apple’s share of the tablet market.

  • Android Takes Lead In U.S. Smartphone Shipments

    Canalys, a company that deals in market data, confirmed this morning that Android is on a roll in terms of shipments.  Android supposedly attained a U.S. market share of about 44 percent in the third quarter, up significantly from the period before.

    As you might expect, this puts Android (or "OHA" for "Open Handset Alliance") in the lead.  Apple had a market share of only 26.2 percent by comparison, RIM had a market share of 24.2 percent, and Microsoft and "Others" were left with scraps of 3.0 percent each.

    Android hit the 44 percent mark after managing just 34 percent in the second quarter, by the way.

    Still, that doesn’t mean every organization other than Google had a bad quarter in the mobile space.  Canalys said in a statement, "In the world’s largest smart phone market, the US, Apple ousted RIM . . . seizing a 26% share as iPhone shipments continued unabated."

    Also, according to Canalys, "[W]ith the launch of Windows Phone 7 devices, [Microsoft’s] outlook for the fourth quarter and beyond is significantly improved."

    So we’ll see what happens.  The fourth quarter is almost sure to correspond with lots more smartphone shipments as consumers participate in the holiday shopping rush.

  • Android Shipments Off the Charts

    Android Shipments Off the Charts

    The smartphone market grew by 64% during the second quarter by Canalys‘ calculations. BlackBerry shipments grew by 41% and Apple’s share grew by 61% thanks to the iPhone 4’s release. However, it is Android that is getting the most attention from this report. According to Canalys, Android shipments grew by 886%.

    "The latest release of our detailed and complete country-level smart phone shipment data for Q2 2010 clearly reveals the impressive momentum Android is gaining in markets around the world," said Canalys VP and Principal Analyst, Chris Jones. "In the United States, for example, we have seen the largest carrier, Verizon Wireless, heavily promoting high-profile Android devices, such as the Droid by Motorola and the Droid Incredible by HTC. These products have been well received by the market, with consumers eager to download and engage with mobile applications and services, such as Internet browsing, social networking, games and navigation."

    Canalys Smartphone Market - Android Up Big Time

    Android has one clear advantage over the iPhone and BlackBerry devices in that it a presence across manufacturers and carriers. With the smartphone market growing in general, it stands to reason that Android is a key beneficiary.

    The U.S. smartphone market grew 41% year over year, according to Canalys. This is the largest smartphone market in the world with 14.7 million units, accounting for 23% of global shipments in the second quarter.

    Android devices collectively represented a 34% share of the U.S. market in the quarter. The firm says that with growth of 851%, Android has become largest smartphone platform in the country.