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Samsung and Apple held 52% of the smartphone market in Q4

13 February, 2013 | Read the news | Post your comment
Samsung and Apple held 52% of the smartphone market in Q4 - read the full textGartner, the popular analyst company has released its quarterly report, which shows that Samsung and Apple continue their domination in the smartphone market, while the third place is up for grabs. Sales report of Q4 and 2012 respectively The top two manufacturers have a combined market...

 

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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2013-02-13 23:36 from Iw6U - click to readYou might want to look up the numbers. It was announced last month that 40M GS3's were sold. Whereas 47M iPhones were sold and the majority being the 4S... the point I'm trying to make is peoples claim that Apple is cometing with 1 iPhone with Android's 1000!.. that is true but you don't even have to compare it to 1000 androids when ONLY 1, Samsung GS3, has sold MORE than the iPhone 5. So why even say 1 apple competes with thousands Androids when 1 apple can't even sell more than 1 Samsung!!!

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> In reply to Killer Droid @ 2013-02-13 19:31 from QGtq - click to read......Last time that i check Apple is still selling iphone 4, and 4S. That's meen that is selling tree type of phone.

Iphone 4 = low end
Iphone 4S = Mid range
Iphone 5 = High end......

That´s even more unfair, keeping in mind also Samsung has sub-models on their entire line up

Like:

Samsung SG3, SG3 Mini, ACE 2, ACE Duos, SG2, SG2 Skyrocket, SG2 Mini, and so on :D

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> In reply to The Boy with Red Hat @ 2013-02-13 23:59 from 8V2c - click to readOf course Apple is doing great with just 1 phone... becuase its the ONLY phone that runs iOS. Do users really have a choice BUT to by an iPhone if they want to use iOS on a phone? I thought so!

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> In reply to Lakers are joke @ 2013-02-13 22:40 from 4bF2 - click to readAgree, but just remeber we are not argue here the "Best Seller" numbers of SG3, we are argue about Samsung total numbers, and here Apple is doing a great job with just 1 phone line. :D

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  • 2013-02-13 23:59
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> In reply to Killer Droid @ 2013-02-13 19:31 from QGtq - click to readI mean just 1 brand "iPhone"

In this case iPhone 2, 3, 4 and 5 are the same iphone model.

In case of Samsung is.

Ace, Galaxy 1, 2, 3, Skyrocket, FIT, GIO...or easier...Series S, E, I, 3xxx, 2xxx, 1xxx, and so on, no wonder why Samsung sell more than Apple

:D Just plain numbers

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  • 2013-02-13 23:57
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> In reply to Lakers are joke @ 2013-02-13 22:46 from 4bF2 - click to readIt took the GS3 7 months (June-December) to sell around 30 million units. Even if only half of the 48 million iPhones sold last quarter were iPhone5 plus the at least 5 million sold in the last week of Q3, the iPhone 5 will put GS3's lifetime sales to shame by the end of 7 months. The same way lifetime sales of the 4S put the GS2's sales to shame.

"Even though Apple has the benefit of running it's own OS, all by itself, it cannot beat Samsung, who has to compete with 100's of other companies who also run the same OS (Android)."

What kind of lame logic are you using? A single company using its own OS is in a position of weakness. Having multiple companies using the same OS spreads the influence of the OS. Multiple companies benefit from the same maps, app store, baked in features. That's the main reason why Android is leading the numbers sold game today. Samsung has to compete with hundreds of other companies? What do you think? They don't compete with Apple too? You have alot to learn about the market son.

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  • 2013-02-13 23:36
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2013-02-13 20:44 from Iw6U - click to readYou don't even have to add up the sales of the other 37 Samsung models. Just 1 device, GS3, has sold more than the iPhone 5. Even though Apple has the benefit of running it's own OS, all by itself, it cannot beat Samsung, who has to compete with 100's of other companies who also run the same OS (Android).

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  • 2013-02-13 22:46
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> In reply to The Boy with Red Hat @ 2013-02-13 19:26 from 8V2c - click to readYes, Apple makes only 1 model of the iPhone but it's also true that the iPhone is also the only phone that runs iOS. Users are limited to only 1 company so of course Apple's sell will be very high. If, however, iOS were open source and had multiple hardware manufacturers, then I HIGHLY doubt Apple would even sell 4 million iPhone 5's. Samsung on the other hand, even with competition form 100's of other Android manufacturers, all by themselves, have sold more GS3's then the Apple has sold iPhone 5's!

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  • 2013-02-13 22:40
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> In reply to juj @ 2013-02-13 20:39 from n5DA - click to readAnd Nokia's still falling like a stone despite WP8

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  • 2013-02-13 22:06
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> In reply to killer droid @ 2013-02-13 18:48 from QGtq - click to readSamsung is kicking Apple's ass BIG TIME!

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  • 2013-02-13 20:59
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> In reply to ikkie @ 2013-02-13 19:34 from nxX0 - click to readEither you replied to the wrong person or you like rebutting arguments that no one is making.

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  • 2013-02-13 20:47
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> In reply to Killer Droid @ 2013-02-13 19:31 from QGtq - click to readWho told you apple sells more 4S than 5? Link or it's BS. Yes Apple has three models vs samsung's how many? They released 37 models last year, most of which were Android smartphones. Samsung is the best at phone spam.

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  • 2013-02-13 20:44
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Android is the king for next 5 years. Moreover, new android devices from chinese factories are appearing so android market will be each day more and more. Apple unfortunately will reduce sales, as iphone 2 or 3 times more expensive than android , and even it is a lower feature phone now. Nokia is completely dead in the future.

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  • 2013-02-13 20:43
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> In reply to Brabhiza @ 2013-02-13 19:57 from N7$D - click to readright below Samsung...

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  • 2013-02-13 20:39
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Ha ha wp 3% what a joke.Definately the ios and android destroyer NOT!

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  • 2013-02-13 20:21
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lol if it was other company number 2 not apple

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  • 2013-02-13 20:04
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> In reply to rah @ 2013-02-13 19:49 from n5DA - click to readSorry my mistake where is Nokia in the smartphone market? In not so long ZTE or huawei will take the seconde place to nokia in the world market share you will see.

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  • 2013-02-13 19:58
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lol where is nokia?

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  • 2013-02-13 19:57
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> In reply to Killer Droid @ 2013-02-13 19:35 from QGtq - click to readstill in second place

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  • 2013-02-13 19:49
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2013-02-13 19:33 from nGJ7 - click to readBut where is Nokia now?

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