“It is the pattern throughout Creation. One child, one man, can swing the balance of the universe.”
― From “A Wind in the Door”, by Madeleine L’Engle, 1973
THE DATA
From 2023 to 2024, year-over-year iPhone shipments decreased by a monthly average of .08%.
From 2023 to 2024, year-over-year iPhone shipments decreased by a quarterly average of .2%.
From 2023 to 2024, Samsung’s year-over-year smartphone shipments decreased by a quarterly average of .3%.
From 2023 to 2024, iPhone shipments decreased by 0.9%, year-over-year.
Bizzbuzz.cm said it was because of “Competition from Huawei”.
From 2023 to 2024, Samsung’s smartphone shipments decreased by 1.1%, year-over-year, to 222.9 million units.
Stocktitan.net said it was because of “a slowdown in the mid-range smartphone market”.
in the 4th Quarter of 2024, year-over-year iPhone shipments decreased by a monthly average of 1.4%.
in the 4th Quarter of 2024, Samsung’s smartphone shipments decreased by 2.7%, year-over-year, to 51.7 million units.
reuters.com said it was because of “intensified competition from Chinese companies such as Xiaomi, Oppo, and Honor”.
in the 4th Quarter of 2024, iPhone shipments decreased by 4.1%, year-over-year.
in the 4th Quarter of 2024, iPhone shipments in China decreased by 18.2%, year-over-year.
in the 4th Quarter of 2024, the 4.1% year-over-year decrease in iPhone shipments was 600% greater, or seven times greater than their .2% average quarterly year-over-year decrease from 2023 to 2024.
in the 4th Quarter of 2024, the 2.7% year-over-year decrease in Samsung’s smartphone shipments was 800% greater, or nine times greater than their .3% average quarterly year-over-year decrease from 2023 to 2024.
in the 4th Quarter of 2024, the 1.4% average monthly year-over-year decrease in iPhone shipments was 1,650% greater, or more than seventeen times greater than their .08% average monthly year-over-year decrease from 2023 to 2024.
On November 27, 2024, yahoo.com’s Bryan M. Wolfe said “2024 was a huge rebound for smartphone sales, but not for the iPhone”.
