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Apple Close to Beating Samsung in the Smartphone Race
2015-01-29 22:03:47| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Apple and Samsung had successful quarters, but Apple's numbers were up from 2013, while Samsung is on the decline.
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Apple matches Samsung smartphone market share in Q4
2015-01-29 09:42:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The global mobile phone market grew 7 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2014 to a total 515 million units shipped, according to Strategy Analytics. During the period, Apple moved up to second place in the market, passing Microsoft/Nokia. Samsung remained market leader with an 18.4 percent share of shipments, down from 24.5 percent a year earlier. Apple took 14.5 percent of the market, up from 10.6 percent in Q4 2013, while Microsoft/Nokia fell to 9.7 percent from 13.5 a year ago. Lenovo-Motorola took fourth place with 4.8 percent of shipments. The rankings were similar in the smartphone market, save Microsoft/Nokia. Samsung took first place with a 19.6 percent share in Q4, down from 29.6 percent a year earlier. Apple matched it with also a 19.6 percent share, up from 17.6 percent in Q4 2013. Lenovo-Motorola was in third place with 6.5 percent, and Huawei came fourth with 6.3 percent. Strategy Analytics estimates that overall smartphone shipments rose 31 percent annually in Q4 to a record 380 million units. Over the full year, 1.3 billion smartphones were shipped.
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LG grows smartphone shipments 18% in Q4
2015-01-29 08:29:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) LG Electronics announced a net loss of KRW 205.7 billion (USD 189.4 million) for the fourth quarter, hurt by a write-off for the closure of its plasma TV operations. Operating profit was still up 28 percent year-on-year to KRW 275.1 billion, and revenues rose 4.9 percent to KRW 15.27 trillion, driven by strong growth in smartphone shipments. The mobile division recorded sales up 5 percent year-on-year to KRW 3.78 trillion, and smartphone shipments rose 18 percent to 15.6 million. Shipments to North America jumped 78 percent year-on-year, while LG's home market Korea was weaker due to reforms in handset subsidy regulations. LG's operating margin fell to 1.8 percent compared to 3.9 percent in Q3 due to the weak Korean market, lower ASPs due to intense competition and unfavourable currency movements. Compared to a year earlier, the mobile operating result improved to a profit of KRW 67.4 billion from a loss of KRW 43.4 billion. The company expects the smartphone market to continue to grow, but competition to gain market share in all regions will also intensify, with strong product line-ups from global players. LG said it will focus on improving profitability, led by a focus on premium models and concentrating on more selective markets.
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Sony to cut 1,000 jobs at smartphone business - report
2015-01-28 08:20:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Sony plans to eliminate another 1,000 jobs in its smartphone operations, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The new cuts will reduce staff in the division to about 5,000 after including 1,000 job losses previously announced by the company. The cuts will affect Sony's operations in China, the UK and Sweden, the report said. CFO Kenichiro Yoshida is ending the development of new smartphones for China and is culling the number of Xperia models. The additional cuts are needed to reach the company's goal of reducing operating costs in the business by 30 percent by March 2017. Sony declined to comment on the report.
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Apple takes top spot in Chinese smartphone market - data firm
2015-01-27 21:38:44| Electronics - Topix.net
Apple Inc has shipped the most number of smartphones in China in the fourth quarter, overtaking Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and homegrown companies such as Xiaomi [XTC.UL] for the first time, according to data firm Canalys. Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus launched last September have proved to be popular in Asia despite being costlier than most handsets.
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