Apple’s iPhone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner

Apple’s iPhone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner Published: Feb 18, 2016 12:29 p.m. ET
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In the final quarter of 2015, iPhone sales dropped 4.4%, cutting Apple’s AAPL, -1.49% market share to 17.7% from 20.4% in the same quarter of 2014, according to technology research company Gartner.
Overall, global smartphone sales for all manufacturers grew 9.7% quarter-on-quarter, the slowest rate of growth since 2008, Gartner found.