The iPhone first launched June 2007 in the USA and was sold out straight away. After just 3 months the iPhone had sold over 1 million units and it had shipped over 6 million units by the time it was discontinued over a year later. Since the release of the original iPhone sales have continued to grow for Apple and as of March 31st 2014 it is estimated that over 500 million total units have been shipped since June 2007.
The Samsung Galaxy S series has shipped over 200 million units since 2010 which is a huge achievement. But the iPhone has been the biggest success story overall and really shows how big the iPhone has gotten over the years. No other company has shipped this many units of a series of phones. However it's worth looking at the big picture. In 2013, over 750 million phones shipped were running Android. And only 150 million phones were running iOS. So even though Apple have shipped 500 Million iOS phones to date in the past 7 years, Android devices have shipped more in just one year. So in terms of OS, Android is the bigger one, but in terms of single manufacturer Apple are doing exceptionally well and are consistently the second largest smartphone manufacturer behind Samsung.
It also looks like Apple's shipments are about to flat line. Many experts believe that Apples YOY growth for their Q2 2014 report will be under 10%. Last year Apple shipped 37.4m iPhones in Q2, this year they are expected to ship just 37.8m smartphones despite their huge deal with China Mobile. So whilst Apple have seen a very successful run so far that beats the competition hands down it'll be interesting to see if they can they keep it up? Will they be able to ship over 150m units in 2014 and keep up with the ever growing smartphone market? Or will they lose market share whilst shipments flat line or even decrease. Guess it all depends on the iPhone 6.
The Samsung Galaxy S series has shipped over 200 million units since 2010 which is a huge achievement. But the iPhone has been the biggest success story overall and really shows how big the iPhone has gotten over the years. No other company has shipped this many units of a series of phones. However it's worth looking at the big picture. In 2013, over 750 million phones shipped were running Android. And only 150 million phones were running iOS. So even though Apple have shipped 500 Million iOS phones to date in the past 7 years, Android devices have shipped more in just one year. So in terms of OS, Android is the bigger one, but in terms of single manufacturer Apple are doing exceptionally well and are consistently the second largest smartphone manufacturer behind Samsung.
It also looks like Apple's shipments are about to flat line. Many experts believe that Apples YOY growth for their Q2 2014 report will be under 10%. Last year Apple shipped 37.4m iPhones in Q2, this year they are expected to ship just 37.8m smartphones despite their huge deal with China Mobile. So whilst Apple have seen a very successful run so far that beats the competition hands down it'll be interesting to see if they can they keep it up? Will they be able to ship over 150m units in 2014 and keep up with the ever growing smartphone market? Or will they lose market share whilst shipments flat line or even decrease. Guess it all depends on the iPhone 6.




