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Apple's new iPhones have contributed to an increase in its smartphone market share, a new report explains.

The latest data on the state of the U.S. smartphone market is in.

Apple's share of the U.S. smartphone market doubled in September.

In South Korea, Samsung holds an impressive 60 percent share of the mobile market, while Apple's share stands at just 14 percent.

IDC expects Apple's share of the Chinese smartphone market to double by 2014.

Apple's iPhone is continuing to grow in popularity in countries spanning the globe.

This week, we received a potential launch date for the iPhone 5S, Apple released iOS 7 beta 5, and Apple's performance during Q2 2013 was revealed.

Apple has lost market share in China, and held just five percent of the smartphone market in Q2 2013.

Google's Android continues to dominate the smartphone operating system market, according to recent data.

Apple is continuing to dominate the PC market, despite the market itself appearing to have leveled out in the second fiscal quarter of 2013.

According to recent data, iPhone sales fell in India during the second fiscal quarter of 2013.

Apple is no longer one of the top five smartphone vendors in India, according to IDC.

One interesting interactive map places shows how the location of iPhone users differers from those of Android, BlackBerry, and other smartphone owners.

Apple holds an impressive share of the digital media receiver market, according to data recently disclosed at D11 by Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Google's Android is still No. 1 when it comes to smart mobile device market share

Apple's iOS mobile operating system has recently surpassed Mac OS in terms of Web market share, notes analytics firm Chitika in a recent report.

Apple takes home the overwhelming majority of mobile industry profits with less than a tenth of total units sold.

The iPad is popular. Very popular. Very, very popular.

An article published on April 2nd declared iPhone "dead in the water" as a result of Android's crushing momentum. A claim we had to debunk.

BlackBerry is no longer ahead of the iPhone in the global market place. The iPhone has caught up and passed RIM, by shipping more units during the third quarter of 2010.

Factoring in iPads, Apple is now the largest U.S. PC maker. Read more...

The iPod touch, aka the iPhone without a phone, doesn't get much attention outside of its launch period in September every year (and maybe Christmas). Also, Apple barely even gives any details on how well it sells and, as John Gruber pointed out recently, there aren't really any iPod touch clones on the market. Does it mean it's a flop? Apparently, not at all.

In the iPad, Apple has created an entirely new category of technology devices, but in the process gets ever-closer to the big boys when looking at the PC market as a whole.