Apple set for combined iPhone and iPad sales of 170 million in 2012, predicts Canaccord Genuity
Apple is set to continue its record setting year-on-year growth in 2012, by selling a combined total of 170 million iPhones and iPads, reckons analyst Michael Walkley of Canaccord Genuity.
His expectations are that 116.4 million iPhones and 54.6 million iPads will be sold by the end of 2012.
Yet, in terms of OS rivalry, Walkley sees Android remaining dominant, however, gaining it 51.9 percent of market share, having sold a projected 335.5 million handsets.
iOS will sit in second place with 18 percent of the OS share.
Estimates
We'll get an idea about the current pace of iOS sales on 24 January, when Apple announces its Q4 financials.
Conservative estimates are it sold around 30.5 million iPhones over the three month 2011 holiday period, of which over a third were sold in the US.
"We believe Apple sold through at least (12 million) iPhone units in the US market during the December quarter," Walkley wrote.
"With some channel inventory built for the new 4S, we believe the US market could exceed (14 million) iPhones sold into the channel during the December quarter."
Holiday top spots
In terms of breaking it down to US carriers - AT&T, Verizon and Sprint - Walkley says Apple's iPhone 4S obtained the top spot for sales over the month of December 2011.
Second place at AT&T and Sprint was Samsung's Galaxy S II, with its Galaxy Nexus bagging second place at Verizon.
Price-fuelled fire
On the tablet side of the sales fence, Apple will apparently see iPad market share drop slightly down to 52.4 percent (based on 54.6 million sales) in 2012, from 63.2 percent (based on 38.1 million sales) in 2011, thanks to competition from cheaper devices such as Kindle Fire.
Amazon is predicted to gain the most in tablet market share growing from 2011's 6.2 percent to 10.3 percent in 2012.
Samsung's share is also expected to rise from 8.3 percent in 2011 to 9.6 percent in 2012 with sales set to reach 10 million units.
[source: AppleInsider]