iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Professional Max.
Todd Haselton | CNBC
Apple shipped extra smartphones than another firm in the course of the fourth quarter of 2020, in keeping with knowledge launched by market analysis agency Gartner on Monday.
The tech large shipped almost 80 million models within the quarter, surpassing all different smartphone makers, together with Samsung. It is the primary time Apple has been atop the smartphone market since 2016, the report mentioned.
Apple’s sturdy vacation quarter and the brand new Gartner estimates recommend the corporate’s household of iPhone 12 gadgets, with 5G functionality and a brand new exterior design, is a success within the market. These new gadgets weren’t even on sale for all the interval.
The numbers additionally point out Apple has weathered the coronavirus pandemic higher than its rivals.
A competing report from IDC launched final month confirmed Apple shipped 90.1 million telephones within the quarter. When it comes to smartphone shipments, that is the only greatest quarter for any firm, IDC’s report mentioned.
Apple does not report unit gross sales for its gadgets. Nevertheless, the corporate mentioned income from iPhones grew by 17% within the fourth quarter of calendar 2020 on a year-over-year foundation to $65.6 billion. Apple’s enterprise is seasonal, and the quarter ending in December is often the corporate’s greatest by way of gross sales.
World smartphone shipments fell 5.4% in 2020 amid the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, in keeping with Gartner, whereas Apple’s unit gross sales grew by 3.3%. Samsung nonetheless shipped essentially the most gadgets over a full 12 months.
The most important shipments decline got here from Huawei, which noticed unit gross sales drop by 24.1% in 2020, because the Chinese language smartphone maker struggles with U.S. sanctions which have hampered its handset enterprise. Samsung does not face the identical problem however nonetheless noticed shipments fall 14.6% final 12 months, in keeping with Gartner.
