Apple is a Christmas 'star' with the iPhone 13: ITscope Market Barometer Q4 2021<\/h2><\/div>The ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter Q4\/2021 is here \u2013 with the cur\u00adrent top sel\u00adlers from seven cate\u00adgo\u00adries and the best new\u00adco\u00admers on ITscope!<\/p>\n
ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter<\/strong> as a PDF (English)<\/a><\/p>\nThe ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter is based on ITscope GmbH\u2019s own analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Karlsruhe, 20\/01\/2022 \u2013 Apple is a favou\u00adri\u00adte under\u00adneath the Christmas tree, the iPhone 13 series is taking off and a some\u00adwhat rare\u00adly seen face scores one of the top posi\u00adti\u00adons in the note\u00adbook cate\u00adgo\u00adry. Intel\u2019s new Alder Lake pro\u00adces\u00adsors and Gigabyte\u2019s new mother\u00adboard get off to a good start, while the Surface Pro 7 has to relin\u00adquish the tablet lead.<\/em><\/p>\nTraditionally, the last quar\u00adter of the year is a suc\u00adcessful time for Apple \u2013 espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly when it comes to the Highflyer Charts. Apple\u2019s new\u00adly released pro\u00adducts from late sum\u00admer have now ful\u00adly arri\u00adved in the mar\u00adket, and were also very popu\u00adlar as Christmas gifts. While the chip shorta\u00adge con\u00adti\u00adnues to impact the eco\u00adno\u00admy and, accor\u00adding to a sur\u00advey con\u00adduc\u00adted by ITscope<\/a>, is expec\u00adted to con\u00adti\u00adnue for the next few months or even years, Apple seems to be doing excep\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly well nevert\u00adhel\u00adess. Products fea\u00adturing the famous apple logo are fly\u00ading past com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtors at full thrott\u00adle in the Highflyer Charts, lea\u00adving hard\u00adly any room for the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon: no less than five of the top 10 posi\u00adti\u00adons have been clai\u00admed by Apple.<\/p>\nAnd things are also going well for Apple in the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal pro\u00adduct cate\u00adgo\u00adries, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly in the smart\u00adphone seg\u00adment \u2013 the iPhone 13 series is picking up speed and approa\u00adching the top, which is curr\u00adent\u00adly still held by the long-running favou\u00adri\u00adte iPhone SE. \u201cThe fourth quar\u00adter in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar has often been very strong for Apple in pre\u00advious years. However, the suc\u00adcess of the iPhone SE, com\u00adbi\u00adned with the pro\u00admi\u00adsing pro\u00ads\u00adpects of the iPhone 13 and the new iPad, are tru\u00adly uni\u00adque this year\u201d sta\u00adtes Oliver Gorges, Head of Channel Development & Cooperations at ITscope, while describ\u00ading the cur\u00adrent mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter. Apple is also shi\u00adning in the tablet cate\u00adgo\u00adry, alt\u00adhough the new iPad<\/a> did\u00adn\u2019t quite make first place, with Microsoft still lea\u00adding here \u2013 for the time being. In the note\u00adbook cate\u00adgo\u00adry, Acer, a manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer rare\u00adly seen in the top 10 befo\u00adre, scores second place with the TravelMate Spin B3<\/a>. Dell\u2019s ever-popular P2419H<\/a> is hol\u00adding on to the top spot, so the\u00adre is no big news to report from the moni\u00adtor cate\u00adgo\u00adry. However, deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments in the CPU cate\u00adgo\u00adry are exci\u00adting: Intel\u2019s new trio of CPUs per\u00adforms real\u00adly well thanks to the new Alder Lake hybrid archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre \u2013 will AMD soon have to deal with new com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtors at the top?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Content<\/h3><\/div>\n- Highflyers<\/strong>: Apple, the star under\u00adneath the Christmas tree<\/li>\n
- TFTs<\/strong>: no chan\u00adges in sight<\/li>\n
- Smartphones<\/strong>: iPhone 13 series takes off<\/li>\n
- Tablets<\/strong>: repla\u00adce\u00adment for the Surface Pro 7<\/li>\n
- Notebooks<\/strong>: Acer storms into the note\u00adbook top 10<\/li>\n
- PC sys\u00adtems<\/strong>: Lenovo\u2019s ThinkCentre M70q 11DT pro\u00adves itself<\/li>\n
- Mainboards<\/strong>: Gigabyte\u2019s new\u00adco\u00admers on the road to success<\/li>\n
- Processors<\/strong>: do Intel\u2019s Alder Lake CPUs have a shot at making it big?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Highflyers: Apple, the star underneath the Christmas tree<\/h3><\/div>As is vir\u00adtual\u00adly a tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon, the fourth quar\u00adter of the year was the most suc\u00adcessful for Apple, thanks in part due to abili\u00adty of Apple\u2019s devices to make eyes light up with joy below the Christmas tree. The Californian manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer is buil\u00adding on its suc\u00adces\u00adses from 2019<\/a> and 2020<\/a>, this time round secu\u00adring five of the top 10 posi\u00adti\u00adons in the Highflyer Charts. These high\u00adfly\u00aders include the most pro\u00admi\u00adsing new\u00adco\u00admers this quar\u00adter from every pro\u00adduct cate\u00adgo\u00adry on the ITscope plat\u00adform. While cer\u00adtain pro\u00adducts often occu\u00adpy the same places for seve\u00adral quar\u00adters or years in the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal pro\u00adduct cate\u00adgo\u00adry ran\u00adkings, only new pro\u00adducts are repre\u00adsen\u00adted in the Highflyer Charts.<\/p>\n<\/div>This is also the case with the new 10.2\u2011inch iPad<\/a>: having been lis\u00adted on ITscope sin\u00adce mid-September, Apple\u2019s new tablet scored first place< in the Highflyer Charts with over 6,000 clicks. The 9th<\/sup> gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of the iPad has seve\u00adral impro\u00adve\u00adments<\/a> and not only has a high working speed and very long bat\u00adtery life, but also final\u00adly has a suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent\u00adly lar\u00adge sto\u00adrage capa\u00adci\u00adty \u2013 in con\u00adtrast to its pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor. On ITscope, the iPad is curr\u00adent\u00adly available for a Wholesale Selling Price (WSP) of around \u20ac330.<\/p>\nContinuing with Apple: as alre\u00ada\u00addy suspec\u00adted in the last mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter<\/a>, the iPhone 13 series is taking off and mana\u00adged to secu\u00adre second place with the Pro vari\u00adant<\/a> (256 GB), in the Graphite colour ver\u00adsi\u00adon. More than 2,200 clicks went to this new smart\u00adphone star, which impres\u00adses with top scores in reviews<\/a>: per\u00adfor\u00admance, dis\u00adplay, bat\u00adtery life, came\u00adra \u2013 all gre\u00adat. The iPhone 13 Pro the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre also deser\u00adved\u00adly took a strong 3rd<\/sup> place in the smart\u00adphone cate\u00adgo\u00adry itself.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Apple-10_2-inch-iPad-WIFI-10_2-64GB-Grau.png\" "\\"Apple-10_2-inch-iPad-WIFI-10_2-64GB-Grau\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer with the half-bitten apple logo also took 4th<\/sup> place of the Highflyer Charts \u2013 with the AirPods Pro<\/a>. These in-ear head\u00adpho\u00adnes impress<\/a> with clear sound, accu\u00adra\u00adte play\u00adback and a first-class noi\u00adse can\u00adcel\u00adling func\u00adtion that even sur\u00adpas\u00adses many over-ear head\u00adpho\u00adnes. One of the only draw\u00adbacks seems to be the bat\u00adtery life: at less than 6 hours, it\u2019s cer\u00adtain\u00adly only avera\u00adge in com\u00adpa\u00adri\u00adson. AirPods Pro are available on ITscope for just under \u20ac200.<\/p>\n6th<\/sup> place goes to Lenovo with the ThinkCentre M70q Gen 2 11MY<\/a> sys\u00adtem \u2013 a poten\u00adti\u00adal can\u00addi\u00adda\u00adte for the top of the PC sys\u00adtems cate\u00adgo\u00adry? Currently, the ThinkCentre M70q 11DT<\/a> is in the lead, but the M70q Gen 2 11 MY is cat\u00adching up nice\u00adly and, with over 1,200 clicks, also lan\u00added 6th<\/sup> place in the PC sys\u00adtems cate\u00adgo\u00adry. The com\u00adpact desk\u00adtop PC is bare\u00adly big\u00adger than a paper\u00adback book and can be pla\u00adced even on the smal\u00adlest of desks. At the same time, it offers abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent per\u00adfor\u00admance for ever\u00ady\u00adday tasks and can be fle\u00adxi\u00adbly expan\u00added if hig\u00adher per\u00adfor\u00admance is needed.<\/p>\nIn 7th<\/sup> place, the Apple Watch Series 7<\/a> is also one of the Christmas favou\u00adri\u00adtes: ease-of-use, a 20 per\u00adcent lar\u00adger dis\u00adplay (com\u00adpared to Series 6) and a high level of wea\u00adring com\u00adfort are the Watch\u2019s distin\u00adgu\u00adis\u00adhing fea\u00adtures<\/a>. Siri and Apple Pay can also be used with the device, alt\u00adhough WhatsApp and TikTok are miss\u00ading from the App Store for the watch. Another nega\u00adti\u00adve point \u2013 at least for Android users \u2013 is that the Apple Watch can still only be used with an iPhone.<\/p>\nHere are the most acti\u00adve 30 new releases<\/strong> with hot-seller poten\u00adti\u00adal \u2013 our Highflyer Charts:<\/p>\n
The ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter Q4\/2021 is here \u2013 with the cur\u00adrent top sel\u00adlers from seven cate\u00adgo\u00adries and the best new\u00adco\u00admers on ITscope!<\/p>\n
ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter<\/strong> as a PDF (English)<\/a><\/p>\n The ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter is based on ITscope GmbH\u2019s own analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Karlsruhe, 20\/01\/2022 \u2013 Apple is a favou\u00adri\u00adte under\u00adneath the Christmas tree, the iPhone 13 series is taking off and a some\u00adwhat rare\u00adly seen face scores one of the top posi\u00adti\u00adons in the note\u00adbook cate\u00adgo\u00adry. Intel\u2019s new Alder Lake pro\u00adces\u00adsors and Gigabyte\u2019s new mother\u00adboard get off to a good start, while the Surface Pro 7 has to relin\u00adquish the tablet lead.<\/em><\/p>\n Traditionally, the last quar\u00adter of the year is a suc\u00adcessful time for Apple \u2013 espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly when it comes to the Highflyer Charts. Apple\u2019s new\u00adly released pro\u00adducts from late sum\u00admer have now ful\u00adly arri\u00adved in the mar\u00adket, and were also very popu\u00adlar as Christmas gifts. While the chip shorta\u00adge con\u00adti\u00adnues to impact the eco\u00adno\u00admy and, accor\u00adding to a sur\u00advey con\u00adduc\u00adted by ITscope<\/a>, is expec\u00adted to con\u00adti\u00adnue for the next few months or even years, Apple seems to be doing excep\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly well nevert\u00adhel\u00adess. Products fea\u00adturing the famous apple logo are fly\u00ading past com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtors at full thrott\u00adle in the Highflyer Charts, lea\u00adving hard\u00adly any room for the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon: no less than five of the top 10 posi\u00adti\u00adons have been clai\u00admed by Apple.<\/p>\n And things are also going well for Apple in the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal pro\u00adduct cate\u00adgo\u00adries, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly in the smart\u00adphone seg\u00adment \u2013 the iPhone 13 series is picking up speed and approa\u00adching the top, which is curr\u00adent\u00adly still held by the long-running favou\u00adri\u00adte iPhone SE. \u201cThe fourth quar\u00adter in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar has often been very strong for Apple in pre\u00advious years. However, the suc\u00adcess of the iPhone SE, com\u00adbi\u00adned with the pro\u00admi\u00adsing pro\u00ads\u00adpects of the iPhone 13 and the new iPad, are tru\u00adly uni\u00adque this year\u201d sta\u00adtes Oliver Gorges, Head of Channel Development & Cooperations at ITscope, while describ\u00ading the cur\u00adrent mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter. Apple is also shi\u00adning in the tablet cate\u00adgo\u00adry, alt\u00adhough the new iPad<\/a> did\u00adn\u2019t quite make first place, with Microsoft still lea\u00adding here \u2013 for the time being. In the note\u00adbook cate\u00adgo\u00adry, Acer, a manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer rare\u00adly seen in the top 10 befo\u00adre, scores second place with the TravelMate Spin B3<\/a>. Dell\u2019s ever-popular P2419H<\/a> is hol\u00adding on to the top spot, so the\u00adre is no big news to report from the moni\u00adtor cate\u00adgo\u00adry. However, deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments in the CPU cate\u00adgo\u00adry are exci\u00adting: Intel\u2019s new trio of CPUs per\u00adforms real\u00adly well thanks to the new Alder Lake hybrid archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre \u2013 will AMD soon have to deal with new com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtors at the top?<\/p>\n<\/div> As is vir\u00adtual\u00adly a tra\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon, the fourth quar\u00adter of the year was the most suc\u00adcessful for Apple, thanks in part due to abili\u00adty of Apple\u2019s devices to make eyes light up with joy below the Christmas tree. The Californian manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer is buil\u00adding on its suc\u00adces\u00adses from 2019<\/a> and 2020<\/a>, this time round secu\u00adring five of the top 10 posi\u00adti\u00adons in the Highflyer Charts. These high\u00adfly\u00aders include the most pro\u00admi\u00adsing new\u00adco\u00admers this quar\u00adter from every pro\u00adduct cate\u00adgo\u00adry on the ITscope plat\u00adform. While cer\u00adtain pro\u00adducts often occu\u00adpy the same places for seve\u00adral quar\u00adters or years in the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal pro\u00adduct cate\u00adgo\u00adry ran\u00adkings, only new pro\u00adducts are repre\u00adsen\u00adted in the Highflyer Charts.<\/p>\n<\/div> This is also the case with the new 10.2\u2011inch iPad<\/a>: having been lis\u00adted on ITscope sin\u00adce mid-September, Apple\u2019s new tablet scored first place< in the Highflyer Charts with over 6,000 clicks. The 9th<\/sup> gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of the iPad has seve\u00adral impro\u00adve\u00adments<\/a> and not only has a high working speed and very long bat\u00adtery life, but also final\u00adly has a suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent\u00adly lar\u00adge sto\u00adrage capa\u00adci\u00adty \u2013 in con\u00adtrast to its pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor. On ITscope, the iPad is curr\u00adent\u00adly available for a Wholesale Selling Price (WSP) of around \u20ac330.<\/p>\n Continuing with Apple: as alre\u00ada\u00addy suspec\u00adted in the last mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter<\/a>, the iPhone 13 series is taking off and mana\u00adged to secu\u00adre second place with the Pro vari\u00adant<\/a> (256 GB), in the Graphite colour ver\u00adsi\u00adon. More than 2,200 clicks went to this new smart\u00adphone star, which impres\u00adses with top scores in reviews<\/a>: per\u00adfor\u00admance, dis\u00adplay, bat\u00adtery life, came\u00adra \u2013 all gre\u00adat. The iPhone 13 Pro the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre also deser\u00adved\u00adly took a strong 3rd<\/sup> place in the smart\u00adphone cate\u00adgo\u00adry itself.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer with the half-bitten apple logo also took 4th<\/sup> place of the Highflyer Charts \u2013 with the AirPods Pro<\/a>. These in-ear head\u00adpho\u00adnes impress<\/a> with clear sound, accu\u00adra\u00adte play\u00adback and a first-class noi\u00adse can\u00adcel\u00adling func\u00adtion that even sur\u00adpas\u00adses many over-ear head\u00adpho\u00adnes. One of the only draw\u00adbacks seems to be the bat\u00adtery life: at less than 6 hours, it\u2019s cer\u00adtain\u00adly only avera\u00adge in com\u00adpa\u00adri\u00adson. AirPods Pro are available on ITscope for just under \u20ac200.<\/p>\n 6th<\/sup> place goes to Lenovo with the ThinkCentre M70q Gen 2 11MY<\/a> sys\u00adtem \u2013 a poten\u00adti\u00adal can\u00addi\u00adda\u00adte for the top of the PC sys\u00adtems cate\u00adgo\u00adry? Currently, the ThinkCentre M70q 11DT<\/a> is in the lead, but the M70q Gen 2 11 MY is cat\u00adching up nice\u00adly and, with over 1,200 clicks, also lan\u00added 6th<\/sup> place in the PC sys\u00adtems cate\u00adgo\u00adry. The com\u00adpact desk\u00adtop PC is bare\u00adly big\u00adger than a paper\u00adback book and can be pla\u00adced even on the smal\u00adlest of desks. At the same time, it offers abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent per\u00adfor\u00admance for ever\u00ady\u00adday tasks and can be fle\u00adxi\u00adbly expan\u00added if hig\u00adher per\u00adfor\u00admance is needed.<\/p>\n In 7th<\/sup> place, the Apple Watch Series 7<\/a> is also one of the Christmas favou\u00adri\u00adtes: ease-of-use, a 20 per\u00adcent lar\u00adger dis\u00adplay (com\u00adpared to Series 6) and a high level of wea\u00adring com\u00adfort are the Watch\u2019s distin\u00adgu\u00adis\u00adhing fea\u00adtures<\/a>. Siri and Apple Pay can also be used with the device, alt\u00adhough WhatsApp and TikTok are miss\u00ading from the App Store for the watch. Another nega\u00adti\u00adve point \u2013 at least for Android users \u2013 is that the Apple Watch can still only be used with an iPhone.<\/p>\n Here are the most acti\u00adve 30 new releases<\/strong> with hot-seller poten\u00adti\u00adal \u2013 our Highflyer Charts:<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Content<\/h3><\/div>
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Highflyers: Apple, the star underneath the Christmas tree<\/h3><\/div>
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