The latest data from the AlphaWise Smartphone Tracker survey cited in a new Morgan Stanley report, suggests that the Apple iPhone is seeing better than expected demand for the first quarter. The survey shows that the handset is on pace to sell 42 million units in the current quarter, up from the 38 million units that analysts had been expecting.
Morgan Stanley analyst analyst Katy Huberty said that carrier promotions carried out during the first three months of the year were responsible for the stronger than expected Q1 sales. Huberty said that she counted nine major promotions put in place by the top four U.S. mobile carriers. Another Morgan Stanley analyst, Jasmine Lu expects Apple to produce 38 to 39 million units for the first quarter which would fall short of the estimated Q1 sales figures. That could make the Apple iPhone 5s harder to find in the upcoming quarter.
According to the Morgan Stanley analyst, the AlphaWise Smartphone Tracker did a good job forecasting iPhone sales each quarter in 2013, which means we should put some faith in the first quarter forecast.
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U.S. leads in mobile data demand
U.S. mobile device users are about to spend over $100 billion on data this year, becoming the first country to cross that threshold in a single year. Ever since 2007, with the launch of the Apple iPhone, demand for data has been heaviest in the U.S. According to a report by analyst Chetan Sharma, China and Japan trail the U.S. in data demand.
For 2013, U.S mobile data was a $90 billion industry as stateside carriers added 12 million new accounts. Interestingly, the majority of these accounts were added for non-phone devices. Verizon was responsible for 36% of the new accounts added last year, followed by the 34% belonging to T-Mobile. That's no surprise to most of you who have witnessed the nation's fourth largest carrier set the tone for the industry with the elimination of subsidized pricing. T-Mobile was the most innovative carrier in the U.S. in 2013, even agreeing to pay rivals' Early Termination Fees in order to allow those bound by a contract to another carrier, to leave mid-term and switch to T-Mobile.
According to Sharma's data, iOS topped Android in the fourth quarter with a 49% share of smartphones sold in the states. For the whole year, both platforms had a 48% slice of the U.S. smartphone pie with other platforms accounting for the rest. Smartphone penetration is about 66% and 92% of new devices sold are smartphones.
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For 2013, U.S mobile data was a $90 billion industry as stateside carriers added 12 million new accounts. Interestingly, the majority of these accounts were added for non-phone devices. Verizon was responsible for 36% of the new accounts added last year, followed by the 34% belonging to T-Mobile. That's no surprise to most of you who have witnessed the nation's fourth largest carrier set the tone for the industry with the elimination of subsidized pricing. T-Mobile was the most innovative carrier in the U.S. in 2013, even agreeing to pay rivals' Early Termination Fees in order to allow those bound by a contract to another carrier, to leave mid-term and switch to T-Mobile.
According to Sharma's data, iOS topped Android in the fourth quarter with a 49% share of smartphones sold in the states. For the whole year, both platforms had a 48% slice of the U.S. smartphone pie with other platforms accounting for the rest. Smartphone penetration is about 66% and 92% of new devices sold are smartphones.
source: ChetanSharma via VentureBeat, SlashGear
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
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Tech sector CEOs meet with Obama and Biden to demand NSA reform
It's not been a particularly good year for the National Security Agency, what with Edward Snowden revealing how pervasive its domestic surveillance is, and the outrage and concern those revelations engendered in US citizens. Naturally, many tech companies were also upset, upon learning that the NSA was snooping their systems too. Today, many of the tech industry's heavy hitters had a two and a half hour sit-down with President Obama and VP Biden, and used that time to demand that the White House take steps to reform the NSA's policies (Read: limit its power and provide independent oversight and greater transparency about its actions).
Among the scheduled attendees were Apple's Tim Cook, Twitter's Dick Costolo, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and AT&T CEO and Chairman Randall Stephenson. The contents of the discussion remain a mystery, though the Guardian did acquire a statement issued by the group regarding the meeting: "We appreciated the opportunity to share directly with the president our principles on government surveillance that we released last week and we urge him to move aggressively on reform." The ball's in your court, Mr.President. Lets see if you give the people and the tech center what they really want for Christmas: freedom from Uncle Sam's prying eyes.
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