The Note 7 failure and strong iPhone 7 sales give iOS its largest US growth rate in two years

[midian182]

The Note 7 fiasco may have been a disaster for Samsung, but it seems the Korean company's loss was Apple’s gain. According to recent sales data from Kantar Worldpanel, iOS has just experienced its strongest rate of growth in two years.

In the US, Apple’s operating system grew 7 percent compared to the same August 1 to October 31 period from last year. The rise from 33.5 percent of smartphone sales to 40.5 percent was doubtlessly helped by the Note 7’s failure, but strong iPhone 7 sales were also a contributing factor.

The lack of a headphone jack was thought to have put many consumers off buying Apple's latest handset, but Kantar doesn’t believe this to the case. “The lack of the headphone jack has proved to be a non-issue for US iPhone consumers," the site’s analysts claim.

The iPhone 7 was the top-selling US smartphone in the three months ending October 2016, taking a 10.6 percent share of the market - despite only being available for seven weeks out of that 12-week timeframe. It was followed by the iPhone 6S, Samsung Galaxy S7, and the iPhone 7 Plus.

Android remains above iOS in the US with 57.9 percent of smartphone sales, but this will be its 5^th consecutive year-on-year period decline. However, the States and Japan were the only two regions where Android sales fell, by 5.6 percent and less than one percent, respectively.

There was good news for Google’s Pixel smartphones, which managed to capture the same share of the market – 0.5 percent – as established brands like Huawei and Microsoft, even though the handsets had only been on sale for a few days by the end of the quarter.

iOS continues to do well across the rest of the globe. Japan is where Apple’s system holds the largest share of the smartphone market (51.7 percent), followed by the UK (44 percent), then the US (40.5 percent).

“iOS achieved year-on-year growth across most regions in EU5 except Germany, where it fell 2.7% points to 16.5% of smartphone sales,” said Dominic Sunnebo from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech Europe. “iPhone 7 cracked the top 10 smartphones sold in all regions but Spain, which remains dominated by the Android ecosystem at 91.7% of all sales.”

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[davislane1]

That's too bad. The Note 7 was a hot item before the recall.

 

[Nobina]

Despite iPhone 7 having no 3.5mm jack people still buy it like cupcakes. It's quite amazing given how many people were pissed about it, me included. We've shown time and time again that we like getting ****ed over and over again by these companies.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Despite iPhone 7 having no 3.5mm jack people still buy it like cupcakes. It's quite amazing given how many people were pissed about it, me included. We've shown time and time again that we like getting ****ed over and over again by these companies.

I think that many of us tech guys hate it, but the general consumer is too dumb to think more then 5 minutes into the future. They are more then happy to get those fancy new wireless earbuds, because "fashion". Screw utility or purpose, its gotta look nice! It's the same reason removable batteries are so rare now.

 

[Nobina]

I think that many of us tech guys hate it, but the general consumer is too dumb to think more then 5 minutes into the future. They are more then happy to get those fancy new wireless earbuds, because "fashion". Screw utility or purpose, its gotta look nice! It's the same reason removable batteries are so rare now.

Yeah, they will also argue that having less features is better cause of simplicity. And I can understand them, they are tech illiterate or dumb or just like simple things, but then they should at least ask for lower prices. Instead, they are getting less features for more money and that's "exclusivity" apparently.

 

[p51d007]

That's like saying we sold 100% more than last year...but when you really take a look at the numbers,
you would find they sold 100 items last year, and 200 items this year.

 

[Bigtruckseries]

Hahahahahahahahaha

that's what happens when you go up against the best.

 

[Humza]

Despite iPhone 7 having no 3.5mm jack people still buy it like cupcakes. It's quite amazing given how many people were pissed about it, me included. We've shown time and time again that we like getting ****ed over and over again by these companies.

I think that many of us tech guys hate it, but the general consumer is too dumb to think more then 5 minutes into the future. They are more then happy to get those fancy new wireless earbuds, because "fashion". Screw utility or purpose, its gotta look nice! It's the same reason removable batteries are so rare now.

Then they screw even more by introducing the AirPods strap for the 'wireless' AirPods.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Despite iPhone 7 having no 3.5mm jack people still buy it like cupcakes. It's quite amazing given how many people were pissed about it, me included. We've shown time and time again that we like getting ****ed over and over again by these companies.

I think that many of us tech guys hate it, but the general consumer is too dumb to think more then 5 minutes into the future. They are more then happy to get those fancy new wireless earbuds, because "fashion". Screw utility or purpose, its gotta look nice! It's the same reason removable batteries are so rare now.

No. Many of us tech guys hated it because it was change when there was absolutely nothing wrong with old tried and true way, the general non tech consumer doesn't know any different and wouldn't know what a 3.5 mm jack is even if it bit them in the butt but you're right about the image conscious schmuck having to look cool with overpriced, wireless earbuds. Look on the bright side though, no fad lasts forever.

 

[Bigtruckseries]

Despite iPhone 7 having no 3.5mm jack people still buy it like cupcakes. It's quite amazing given how many people were pissed about it, me included. We've shown time and time again that we like getting ****ed over and over again by these companies.

I think that many of us tech guys hate it, but the general consumer is too dumb to think more then 5 minutes into the future. They are more then happy to get those fancy new wireless earbuds, because "fashion". Screw utility or purpose, its gotta look nice! It's the same reason removable batteries are so rare now.

No. Many of us tech guys hated it because it was change when there was absolutely nothing wrong with old tried and true way, the general non tech consumer doesn't know any different and wouldn't know what a 3.5 mm jack is even if it bit them in the butt but you're right about the image conscious schmuck having to look cool with overpriced, wireless earbuds. Look on the bright side though, no fad lasts forever.

Why does no one talk about the fact that without the headphone jack, it's water resistant?

The trade off is perfectly fine by me.

 

[Nobina]

Why does no one talk about the fact that without the headphone jack, it's water resistant?

The trade off is perfectly fine by me.

Headphone jack is much more important than water resistence which is not that useful, a meme some would say.

 

[MattPD]

Despite iPhone 7 having no 3.5mm jack people still buy it like cupcakes. It's quite amazing given how many people were pissed about it, me included. We've shown time and time again that we like getting ****ed over and over again by these companies.

I think that many of us tech guys hate it, but the general consumer is too dumb to think more then 5 minutes into the future. They are more then happy to get those fancy new wireless earbuds, because "fashion". Screw utility or purpose, its gotta look nice! It's the same reason removable batteries are so rare now.

No. Many of us tech guys hated it because it was change when there was absolutely nothing wrong with old tried and true way, the general non tech consumer doesn't know any different and wouldn't know what a 3.5 mm jack is even if it bit them in the butt but you're right about the image conscious schmuck having to look cool with overpriced, wireless earbuds. Look on the bright side though, no fad lasts forever.

Why does no one talk about the fact that without the headphone jack, it's water resistant?

The trade off is perfectly fine by me.

You really believe it was removed just for water resistance?
You know there's been several water resistant phones with headphone jack for years right?

 

[DaveBG]

Hahahahahahahahaha

that's what happens when you go up against the best.

What kind of pills are you taking?