iPhone 17 demand, Apple’s smart home plans
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🗓️ 15 October 2025
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Apple smart home hub reportedly marks shift in how new products are built as price target emerges
- iPhone 17 demand sees Apple almost catch Samsung, says IDC
- Apple announces iPhone Air will go on sale in China later this week
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Wednesday, October 15th, 2025. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.7 | Leading off today, the popularity of the iPhone 17 lineup saw Apple almost match Samsung's market share for the third quarter of the year, |
| 0:18.9 | according to new data from analysts at IDC. |
| 0:21.9 | The firm describes it as a remarkable achievement, attributing the ability to sell even more |
| 0:27.3 | premium phones in a challenging economy to a combination of three factors. |
| 0:32.6 | IDC is estimating that Apple's market share as of Q3 is 18.2%, almost matching that of Samsung's at |
| 0:40.7 | 19%. Orders for the iPhone 17 outpaced orders for the iPhone 16 during the quarter by around |
| 0:48.1 | 3%, with Apple selling around 58.6 million iPhones compared to Samsung at 61.4 million. |
| 0:56.7 | IDC says that the continuing innovation in both hardware and software are part of the reason for |
| 1:02.3 | the continued sales success of premium iPhones and folding phones from companies like Samsung. |
| 1:08.3 | But financing schemes like the iPhone upgrade program and trade-in |
| 1:12.6 | deals from Apple and its carrier partners are also playing an important role. |
| 1:17.7 | IDC says that so far the impact of tariffs doesn't seem to be biting too hard, but it's hard |
| 1:23.2 | to quantify what the demand would have been without tariffs. |
| 1:26.6 | But regardless, it's incredibly notable to see Apple catching up to Samsung and market share for the first time, |
| 1:32.8 | a metric by which it's historically lagged behind its competitor in the worldwide market. |
| 1:38.9 | Next up today, in news that could further bolster Apple's iPhone sales through the end of the year, |
| 1:44.7 | the iPhone Air is now set to launch in one of Apple's biggest markets, China. When Apple unveiled the iPhone |
| 1:50.6 | Air, it said the device should become available for pre-order on September 12th and a wide-ranging |
| 1:56.3 | global launch. China was originally announced as a launch country, but Apple had to later change its |
| 2:02.9 | plans due to regulatory issues surrounding the iPhone Air's design. Because of how thin the iPhone |
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