Apple captured half of U.S. mobile phone activations in Q4, demand still at record high

Record sales of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus propelled Apple to dominance in the smartphone market in the US during the holidays and demand is reaching record levels, the individual reports issued on Friday, so indicate.

One in two mobile phones activated in the US 1 October to 31 December were iPhones, according to a survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners 500 buyers. Second Samsung took 26 percent of the market, with South Korean firm LG mate in third place at 11 percent.

Apple's share increased significantly from 28 percent of the company booked in the previous quarter. CIRP attributed the jump to consumers waiting for the iPhone 6 release before buying a new device, a pattern that has been repeated throughout the life of the iPhone.

Samsung comparatively reduced 5 percent sequentially. LG was 8 percent in the same period.


"By every measure, 2014 Apple phone launch was a success," said co-founder Josh Lowitz CIRP a releae. "iPhones took loyal Apple customers, with 86% of buyers upgrading from an iPhone. Samsung and LG saw rates much lower fidelity, with 25% of owners of Samsung and 18% of owners LG that triggered a phone in the neighborhood switch to an iPhone ".

Those numbers look set to continue, as 56 percent of consumers plan to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days said they have an eye on an iPhone. The research firm surveyed 451 Research surveyed 4,126 "mainly Americans" to reach that conclusion.

That number is down from the 71 percent who planned to buy before the release of iPhone 6, but still represents a huge advantage over Samsung, which ranks second with 18 percent of the purchase intention in itself a modest increase 5 percent sequentially. It is the highest level of demand for iPhone at this point in the product cycle from 451 began tracking, the firm said.


Apple's decision to increase the size of the iPhone screen seems to have played a role, with 60 percent of likely buyers saying they prefer a screen size over 5 inches.

Apple again rely on Samsung as a leading supplier of screens for the iPad

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The relationship between Apple and Samsung is like that of Romulus and Remus. Together are creating a great empire but both have so much envy and respect, trying to annihilate each other every day. However, as the two brothers who founded Rome need each other and it shows with their decisions. The latest comes from Cupertino and has again chosen Samsung as a supplier of screens for the iPad.

Specifying numbers, Apple has decided that Samsung is the leading 62% of the production of iPad screens, providing to Cupertino more than 5.2 million screen 9.7 inch 2,048 × 1,536 resolution. This increase production again as it was in 2012, put leaves in LG, which was the top supplier of displays for the device until a few months ago.

No official explanation for this change. It may be part of an agreement with Samsung to manufacture new components when the devices that are to come, or just not convinced them deadlines and quality that gave LG so far. Whatever it is, we should not worry about the quality of the produced screens because Samsung is one of the best manufacturers of such hardware exists right now in the world.