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Hi All,

We are adding some new lines to our range for the Christmas Season. We are a very small business and we have limited space and resources. I was wondering if anybody could advise me of the most popular phone covers and I pad covers? We thought we would try to stick to the best sellers, rather than holding lots of stock of different types and styles.....any advice gratefully received.

Also if you have any recommendations of good suppliers that would be really helpful. I know from past experiences not all blanks are of the same quality.

I have downloaded some of Pauls templates, they are brilliant - thank you Paul. Can you recommend anyone else??

Thanks in advance

Angie :rolleyes:

Hi Angie, I can categorically state that our biggest sellers are for the iDevices. iPhone4/5, iPod and iPad are massive movers, but on the other phones the biggest sellers are the S3, S2 and S4 cases.

I have to say our most popular cases are blackberry z10 and q10, galaxy s3 mini and s4 mini, iphone 5 and 5s, Xperia z

Mattie;77768 wrote:I have to say our most popular cases are blackberry z10 and q10, galaxy s3 mini and s4 mini, iphone 5 and 5s, Xperia z

Not the iPhone 4/ 4S? Surprised at that as the iPhone 4/4S must be the most popular phone in the history of popular phones

Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 2Q13 (Thousands of Units)
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[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]2Q13 Market Share (%)[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]2Q12[/RIGHT] [RIGHT]Units[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]2Q12 Market Share (%)[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] Samsung
[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]71,380.9[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]31.7[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]45,603.8[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]29.7[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] Apple
[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]31,899.7[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]14.2[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]28,935.0[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]18.8[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] LG Electronics
[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]11,473.0[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]5.1[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]5,827.8[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]3.8[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] Lenovo
[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]10,671.4[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]4.7[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]4,370.9[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]2.8[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] ZTE
[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]9,687.6[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]4.3[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]6,331.4[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]4.1[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] Others
[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]90,213.6[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]40.0[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]62,704.0[/RIGHT] [/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]40.8[/RIGHT][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

bms;77773 wrote:Not the iPhone 4/ 4S? Surprised at that as the iPhone 4/4S must be the most popular phone in the history of popular phones

Yeah they are popular but dying off for the 5 and 5S

socialgiraffe;77775 wrote:Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 2Q13 (Thousands of Units)
[TABLE="width: 629]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] [LEFT]Company[/LEFT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]2Q13[/RIGHT]
[RIGHT]Units[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]2Q13 Market Share (%)[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]2Q12[/RIGHT]
[RIGHT]Units[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]2Q12 Market Share (%)[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] Samsung[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]71,380.9[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]31.7[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]45,603.8[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]29.7[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] Apple[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]31,899.7[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]14.2[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]28,935.0[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]18.8[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] LG Electronics[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]11,473.0[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]5.1[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]5,827.8[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]3.8[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] Lenovo[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]10,671.4[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]4.7[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]4,370.9[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]2.8[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] ZTE[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]9,687.6[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]4.3[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]6,331.4[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]4.1[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 194] Others[/TD]
[TD="width: 101] [RIGHT]90,213.6[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]40.0[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]62,704.0[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[TD="width: 111] [RIGHT]40.8[/RIGHT]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Not sure how the above translates into specific phone models. Yes Samsung has a higher market share in a specific quarter, but spread over how many models? Samsung have more models compared to Apple so figures like this can be interpreted different ways

Not sure how the above translates into specific phone models.

I agree with you Martin, however you are coming from "how many can I sell them" point of view where as I am coming from a "I am not going to do all the research for someone else to go an profit from" point of view :biggrin:

The vast bulk for us has come from 4 phones - iPhone 4 and 5 and the Samsung S3 and S4.

If I was to guess at a rough breakdown of these I would go for:

iPhone 4 - 35%
iPhone 5 - 30%
S3 - 18%
S4 - 17%

Anything else we have done doesn't really sell in volume but might be okay if you are just looking to add an extra 1 or 2 items going out the door.

thanks for the feedback, looks like I may have to add samsungs to the range as well then!!