iPhone market share declined in the fourth Quarter

Despite rising sales, the global share of the iPhone dropped on the smartphone market : 16.6 percent of smartphones sold in the fourth quarter were iPhones in the third quarter, there were still 18.1 percent.

This explains the analyst from ABI Research, Michael Morgan, who compiled the data, with the "RAZR" effect: The Motorola Razr dominated the charts for over two years, but remained visually unchanged. Eventually, the customer then had enough of the old design.

A larger role but should have played by the fact that the iPhone sales to grow just not as much as the entire smartphone market: Apple has in the fourth quarter, 18 percent more iPhones sold over the previous quarter, the smartphone market grew in the same time, however, by 26 percent. Since other companies are investing more and more into the smart phone development, the market share of the iPhone could continue to decline - which does not mean that Apple can not set sales records in the coming quarters.

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