IDC: Smartphone shipments declined 4.9% in Q4 2018, Apple regains second from Huawei
https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/30/idc-global-smartphone-shipments-declined-4-9-percent-in-q4-2018/

The smartphone market isn’t looking too hot. In a report published today, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said that 375.4 million devices shipped to customers during the fourth quarter of 2018, down 4.9 percent from Q4 2017’s peak — marking the fifth consecutive quarter of decline and closing out the worst year ever for smartphone shipments. Global shipments in 2018 dipped 4.1 percent, with a total of 1.4 billion units shipped for the full year.

Apple shares jump after barely beating on earnings, and iPhone sales drop 15% from last year
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/29/apple-q1-2019-earnings.html

Apple reports the numbers for its fiscal first quarter under a new structure.
iPhone revenue comes in just slightly below projections.
Apple reports a gross margin in its services segment of 62.8 percent.

Apple Reports First Quarter Results
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/01/apple-reports-first-quarter-results/

Apple announces Q1 2019 revenue of $84.3b following revision down from $89-93b
https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/29/aapl-q1-2019-earnings/

“It is astonishing that everything in the world is made from just 90 building blocks, the 90 naturally occurring chemical elements,”

“There is a finite amount of each and we are using some so fast that they will be dissipated around the world in less than 100 years.”

In the European Union alone, around 10 million smartphones are discarded or replaced every month. Smartphones are made up of around 30 elements, 17 of which may give cause for concern in the coming years due to limited supplies, location in conflict areas, or our inability to fully recycle them. Scientists are particularly concerned about mobile phones, as most people upgrade every few years.

The most important thing that happens when a new iPhone comes out is not the release of the phone, but the disassembly of it. The iPhone teardown, undertaken by third-party teams around the world, provides a roadmap for the life of the iPhone X: Is it repairable? Who made the components inside it? The answers to these questions shift stock markets, electronics design, and consumer experience.

Every year there’s a race to become the first to tear down the phone, with teams from around the world flying to Australia—where it’s first released—to compete to be the first to look inside the world’s most coveted new phone. Motherboard embedded with iFixit, a California-based company whose primary mission is to make it easier for the average person to disassemble and repair their electronics, for its iPhone X teardown.

iPhone XR best selling model in US, Max outsold XS 2:1 – CIRP
https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/24/iphone-xr-sales-us/