Apple and Samsung Missed Holiday Smartphone Sales Opportunities, Say Analysts – WSJ (Dec 29, 2016)

Much of this piece piggybacks off the Flurry data I linked to earlier, but there are some additional comments from an NPD analyst which form the basis of the headline. The point here is that Samsung did suffer from the Note7 recall, but not nearly as much as it might have, because most buyers stuck with Galaxy phones rather than switching to iPhone. This reinforces the point that Apple and Samsung (in that order) have the highest smartphone loyalty rates by far, which has certainly helped Samsung this year.

via Apple and Samsung Missed Holiday Smartphone Sales Opportunities, Say Analysts – WSJ


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