A graph posted on-line by statcounter reveals an fascinating development available in the market shares of three main telephone producers within the U.S. that began taking form in September 2024. Round that point, Apple noticed a marked decline within the U.S. market share of the iPhone. The decline continued by means of the top of October which is fascinating since that point interval consists of the September twentieth launch of the brand new
iPhone 16 sequence.
The highest line of the chart reveals Apple’s U.S. market share over the past 12 months. The center line represents Samsung’s market share within the nation, whereas the third line reveals us the Pixel’s U.S. share for the final 12 months. Apple and Samsung are the highest two smartphone distributors within the States. Google is third with Motorola fourth,
However what’s much more fascinating, and thrilling for
Google and Pixel followers, is the sharp hike in Pixel market share on the identical time that the iPhone began shedding floor within the States. This may be simply noticed within the statcounter chart. At first of September, the
Pixel 9 line had been out for barely greater than per week and the robust enhance in market share continued all through October.
Final week, Google mum or dad Alphabet launched its third-quarter earnings, and the class titled “Google subscriptions, platforms, and units” confirmed a powerful 29% year-over-year achieve in income. Contemplating that that is the class that features the
Pixel 9 sequence,
this enhance would counsel that Pixel 9 sequence demand was robust. And the statcounter graph appears to dovetail with the earnings report.
The U.S. market share of the Pixel, at backside, gained on Apple, on the high, in September and October. | Picture credit-statcounter
So Pixel’s U.S. market share rises on the identical time that the iPhone’s U.S. share begins to say no. One may attain the conclusion that the power in Pixel demand was chargeable for the weak point within the demand for the iPhone within the U.S. from September by means of October.
The statcounter graph consists of the U.S. market share of 1 different telephone producer, Samsung. Whereas the iPhone misplaced market share within the U.S. throughout September and October, and the Pixel’s market share rose throughout these two months, Samsung has held a fairly secure slice of the U.S. smartphone pie ever because the starting of this 12 months. Even throughout September and October, when the Pixel 9 was including market share and the iPhone was shedding share, Samsung’s share stayed remarkably constant.Â
You may count on the power of the Android-powered Pixel within the U.S. to hurt the market share of common Android producer Samsung within the nation. As an alternative, over the earlier two months, the power of the
Pixel 9 line within the U.S. resulted in weaker iPhone demand. Make no mistake about it, Pixel gross sales path each
Apple and Samsung by a big margin within the U.S., however Google closed the large hole over the past two months.
