HTC Becomes Highest Shipping Smartphone Vendor In the US

Posted by Unknown on Monday October 31, 2011 @11:49AM from the king-of-the-hill dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from an article in BGR: "Samsung blew past Apple and Nokia in the third quarter to become the No. 1 smartphone vendor in the world, but another emerging smartphone vendor stole the top spot in the U.S. according to a new report. Market research firm Canalys on Monday released country-level smartphone shipment estimates and according to its figures, HTC shipped 5.7 million own-brand smartphones and another 700,000 T-Mobile-branded handsets last quarter to take the top spot with 6.4 million total devices shipped."

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Re:Cue the shipped vs. sold debate by demonlapin · 2011-10-31 15:32 · Score: 5, Informative

iPhones don't work until activated with an iTunes account. They can't say "units sold" for most outlets, but since an iPhone is useless without activation, it's a pretty safe bet that they know almost exactly how many phones have been sold.