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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Everyone is better than Apple. Apple stole every single "innovation" that they have ever laid claim to.

    2. 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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    3. Re:Samsung is better than Apple by mjwx · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Apple has the advantage that they only sell one phone and call it the iPhone. Samsung on the other hand has many Samsung Galaxy devices. A similar phenomenon exists for LG Optimus phones. So almost all of Apple's sales are concentrated on a single device. I wonder who sells more phones overall.

      I was waiting for it. The bad excuse that fanboys use to convince themselves this isn't happening. The different SGS 3 devices are akin to the fact Apple sells Iphones with Samsung, LG or Sharp screens, or the fact they have a 16, 32 or 64 GB SKU or do you honestly think there is no hardware difference between the Sprint/Verizon CDMA Iphones and the GSM Iphones? The SGS3 outsold the Iphone, you need to deal with it.

      Or more important, who makes more profit overall. I think Apple is still king on that one.

      You're right that this is important to a lot of people, but not for the reason you think. The fact that Apple is making more profit than Samsung per unit means that by buying a Samsung, I will likely get a much better deal.

      The litany of predictions does not bode well for Apple. In the beginning Apple fanboys said "Android will never sell" and Android sold.

      Next Apple fanboys said "Android would never outsell Iphones" and Android outsold Iphones.

      Then they said, "No single Android device will outsell Iphones" and the SGS3 outsold the Iphone.

      Please predict something epic next, I enjoy seeing them proven wrong.

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  2. Re:Purse Phone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    this message was brought to you by the small hands brigade.

  3. 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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  4. 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.

  5. Re:iPhone 4s? by Juba · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How did the GSIII fare against the iPhone 4s plus the iPhone 5 numbers? Seems to me to be a more fair comparison....

    And many people postponed an iPhone 4S purchase because they knew the iPhone 5 was going to be shipped. So it doesn't seem a pertinent period of time to do such a comparison.

  6. Re:The Galaxy S III is nice, but.... by claytongulick · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I just bought one on T-Mobile - most amazing piece of technology I've ever owned. Absolutely stunning.

    At first I was worried that the whole Pen thing would be a useless gimmick, but I use the damn thing all the time. For jotting down quick notes, it's actually as usable as carrying around a paper notebook, which has always been the bar I've measured these things against.

    In all the technology I've owned over the years, PDA's, tablets, smartphones etc... they've never given me the ability to do away with paper/pencil notebook. This actually has, which is fantastic.

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  7. Re:Why is the comparision made against the iPhone by oodaloop · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope that was a humorous remark regarding the vast discrepancy between your user id and jandrese's. The alternative is just too ridiculous.

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  8. What? by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The iPhone never was the best selling phone "in the WORLD". Only in the US. Worldwide the iPhone's market share is laughable.

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  9. I have to wonder... by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Just how many of those people who bought the "iPhone 4S" knew that it wasn't a genuine Samsung Galaxy but were only fooled by its similar design?

  10. Re:And if Samsung is the King... by geekoid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would argue there biggest mistake was getting rid of the keyboard.

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  11. 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!

  12. Do you guys want another monopoly? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can understand why some people don't want to get an iPhone, but to see comments about how Android will somehow take over and get the most market share is frightening.

    The last thing we need is yet another OS monopoly. I'd be happy to see 33% Android users, 33% iPhone users, 16% Blackberry users and 16% WebOS users.

    Or is the majority of posters so young that they didn't live through or at least read about how OS monopolies are bad?

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  13. 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.

  14. 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/

  15. 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.