Apple Losing It To Samsung, Records Lowest Sales Growth Since 2007
Bangalore: iPhone sales are reportedly down, and the Apple Inc. is facing its lowest growth rate since 2007. The company has accounted only 19 percent of the overall shipments and the Android continues to dominate the mobile market accounting to 60 percent of total shipments.
On the other hand, the worldwide sales of notebooks, tablets and Smartphones reached 308.7 million in the first quarter of 2013, which is 37 percent more as compared to previous quarter, reports Mashable.
Even though Apple is facing a low in its Smartphone sales, it continues to dominate the tablet market, with a market share of 46 percent.
According to Pete Cunningham, Canalys Principal Analyst, "Despite its slowing growth, Apple still shipped over 37 million iPhones, but HTC and Samsung have raised the bar with their latest handsets and Apple needs to respond with its next iPhone”. He also added, "The iPhone user interface is now six years old and badly in need of a refresh, hardware-wise, the biggest dilemma that Apple faces is what it does with the size of the display on the next iPhone. It cannot afford to ignore the trend for larger displays in premium Smartphones. We expect an increase on the iPhone 5's 4' display but are not anticipating a 'Phablet'-style iPhone."
Apple still has a great chance to increase its sales figures in iPhone, however, it all will depend on how the company would feature its coming iPhone models.
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