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Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone

Posted by timothy on from the depends-how-you-count dept.

zacharye writes "The best-selling smartphone in the world is no longer an iPhone. New data released on Thursday by market research firm Strategy Analytics finds that Samsung's Galaxy S III was the world's top-selling smartphone model in the third quarter this year, displacing Apple's iPhone for the first time in years. Samsung announced earlier this week that cumulative Galaxy S III channel sales reached the 30 million unit milestone and according to Strategy Analytics, 18 million of those were shipped in Q3 2012. During the same period, Apple shipped an estimated 16.2 million iPhone 4S handsets, slipping into the No.2 spot for the quarter..." Also at Slash Cloud.

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  1. Samsung is better than Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's why. :p

    1. Re:Samsung is better than Apple by Ziggitz · · Score: 5, Informative

      Were you trying to be ironic by linking to a site that contains zero original content?

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  2. Re:Why is the comparision made against the iPhone by geekoid · · Score: 5, Informative

    Becasue Q3 2012 is the last completed set of data available.

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  3. Re:Why is the comparision made against the iPhone by geek · · Score: 5, Informative

    These are third quarter sales. If I'm not mistaken the iPhone 5 was a fourth quarter release.

  4. Re:Why is the comparision made against the iPhone by CDS · · Score: 5, Informative

    Which also explains why the numbers are lower for apple. The Galaxy S3 was released in June, if I remember correctly. They had the entire quarter for sales of their new crown jewel. With the iPhone 5 rumored to be coming, everybody was waiting for October and NOBODY was buying a 4S in Q3!

  5. Re:iPhone 4s? by fredmosby · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to that article 28 million is the total sales for the SII over 23 months. The other numbers are the Q3 2012 sales, which covers just three months.

  6. Re:Why is the comparision made against the iPhone by oxdas · · Score: 5, Informative

    Android marketshare was 75% of worldwide sales last quarter, compared to 15% for iOS. This time last year the numbers were 58% for Android and 14% for iOS.

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57544131-94/android-beats-ios-5-to-1-in-q3-smartphone-market-share/

  7. Re:Purse Phone by Picass0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    So you're saying the iPhone has NFC file transfer? Where's your SD card slot? How about a standard micro USB connector instead of the Apple proprietary plugs? Apple's much vaunted "retina display" is 1,136 x 640 and lower resolution than the Galaxy S3's 1,280 x 720 resolution. iPhone requires you to install iTunes to access your phone from your PC (and screw you, Linux users). Samsung, like all android phones, just plugs in and acts as a USB drive. Or you can wireless tether to your PC with an Android. The iPhone 5's camera is 8mp and has ugly purple flair problems, G S3 is also 8mp and features image stabilization. G S3 has longer battery life than the iPhone 5. Where the iPhone's stylus pen? How about showing me some sweet widgets or desktop mods on you iPhone? Let's see you install 3rd party apps without rooting your phone.

    You think this is just about screen size? You're not paying attention.