The International Data Corporation (IDC) has released its analysis of Q4 2012, as well as 2012 as a whole. They broke down the number of each company’s Q4 2012 shipments, market share, and more. IDC’s results showed that Samsung has increased its lead over Apple in terms of market share, as well as increased its number of shipments drastically… Read more
Samsung’s official 2012 Q4 earnings have been released, and it’s more than their predicted results earlier this month. Samsung had predicted that they would make $8.1 billion in profits, and surprised even themselves when their actual profits totaled $8.27 billion, which is an $160 million increase. Samsung’s Q4 figures also show that they made… Read more
Google’s fourth quarter earnings are out, and they’re very impressive. In the last three months of 2012, they made a total of $14.42 billion. This is a 36% increase over last year’s fourth quarter and an 8% increase since last quarter. If Motorola is included in the profits, it comes out as $15.24 billion. Read through the entire report if you’re… Read more
Verizon is on a roll lately, as they have caught (and trapped for two years) 2.1 million subscribers and set a record for fourth quarter smartphone activations. In fact, they activated 9.8 million smartphones in the course of only three months (6.2 million were iPhones, surprisingly). That’s very impressive, but it does come with some bad news. Despite… Read more
Samsung released its Q4 earning guidance and it does not fail to amaze. 16 analysts predict that Samsung’s Q4 profits will total $8.1 billion, which is up 65% from Q4 of 2011. I bet HTC wished they had those numbers at this moment. This number is also 7% higher than Q3 of 2012, which totaled $7.3 billion. The profits from Samsung’s mobile division… Read more
Hopefully HTC CEO Peter Chou was right when he said that the worst is over for HTC, because HTC has suffered a terrible loss in Q4 of 2012. HTC’s un-audited October-December net profit was a measly $34.48 million, which is a 91% drop down from $380 million from Q4 of 2011 and $134.48 million in Q3 of 2012. HTC’s Q4 revenue plummeted 41% to $2.07… Read more
Google’s Nexus 7 has surprisingly been a huge hit, and they’re hitting a milestone this month. December will be the first month where they will top 1 million sales, and they will sell 203 million units in Q4 of 2012. Since monthly sales have been somewhere between 500,000 to 900,000, this is a significant growth for Google. But with a price tag of $200… Read more
Quarter 4 is easily the most popular shopping season due to the holidays, and at least one carrier is basking in its benefits. AT&T’s CEO Ralph de la Vega spoke at an investors conference today, and the company is already killing it in sales. So far they have sold 6.4 million smartphones this quarter, and we’re just two months in. The good news for… Read more
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