Xiaomi and Apple wrapped up the top five after registering ominous 22 and 27
percent respective year - on - year declines in shipment figures, but the Mi Note 2 and iPhone 7 are expected to put the two back on the fast track to growth.
Not exact matches
However, what should still be worrying Apple is that both Android and Windows have registered more than a two fold increase in sales of tablet devices compared to a
year ago (
respective sales of Windows and Android tablets have been 0.8 and 4.2
percent in 2012).
The Standard & Poor's Index vs. Active (SPIVA) mid-2014 report says that more than 70
percent of actively managed funds lost to their
respective benchmarks over the previous five
years.
As such, governments, environmental policy makers, and investors worldwide; have to play their
respective roles to ensure that renewable energy technologies become less costly and more efficient, to supplement heavy usage of fossils, and to meet the future worlds» energy demand that is estimated to grow by more than 50
percent in the
year 2020 by competent energy researchers.
Meanwhile, Amazon's apparel label Lark & Ro and its baby care and vitamins brand Amazon Elements have each grown 90
percent year - over-
year, with
respective sales of approximately $ 5 million and $ 10 million, the report said.
A record 99.9
percent of smartphones sold worldwide last
year were based on either Android or iOS, as all competing platforms have effectively been squeezed out, according to data shared today by research firm Gartner.Android remains more widely adopted than iOS by a significant margin, with a roughly 86 - 14
percent split between the
respective operating systems last
year.
According to a recent report from One Click Retail, select Amazon private brands like Lark & Ro and Amazon Elements have each grown 90
percent year - over-
year, with
respective sales of $ 5 million and $ 10 million.