Samsung beats out Apple in terms of units shipped during the latest quarter
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Unofficially, Samsung shipped 20 million smartphone units in the third quarter and that beat out Apple's 17.1 million sales of the Apple iPhone, a figure the company announced during its latest earnings report. Nokia shipped 16.8 million smartphones during the same time period. Until Samsung confirms the number of units sold in its next earnings report due next week, it holds a provisional spot as the largest vendor of smartphones on the planet.In terms of revenue, Apple has been at the top since the beginning of this year. And when it comes to profits, the Apple iPhone is said to account for more than half of the industry's black ink.
On Tuesday, Apple executives blamed the decline in sales on the longer than normal 16 month wait between the Apple iPhone 4 and the Apple iPhone 4S. Instead of introducing the latest and greatest version of its touchscreen smartphone at the WWDC in June as usual, the tech giant waited until October to announce the new iteration of the device. This resulted in a slowdown in sales of the Apple iPhone 4 last month as rumors started to take off about the new Apple iPhone.
source: AppleInsider
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1. bolaG posted on 20 Oct 2011, 15:56 5 0
I'm not pro apple at all, but that's kind of expected sense the new iphone was going to be announced at the end of Q3...
53. GoodFella posted on 20 Oct 2011, 23:06 0 0
OK- Objectively people, I am on AT&T and I am debating the 4S or the Samsung Galaxy S II. Tomorrow is the day I am buying.
I have been in the Mobile industry 6 years, but I am having the hardest time here :( I know the pros and cons of each. I've had the iPhone 4 (so convenient and mindless to use) before and I've had the Captivate (so easy to customize with Android goodness). I'm having a hard time here.
Any Help? Like, say for instances, above and beyond features?
54. abdane posted on 20 Oct 2011, 23:36 3 1
get the S2 ! better screen, battery, speed !!! and of course ANDROID !
58. GoodFella posted on 21 Oct 2011, 01:14 4 0
I just read it DOES have NFC and it also gets up to 21Mbps Download. Sold on the Galaxy S II!!!
59. btbotimtim posted on 21 Oct 2011, 03:06 0 0
I like android over ios but Iphone retains higher resale value. Iphone 3GS 16GB has similar resale value as Samsung Vibrant 3G (IMO on Ebay).
spec-wise, Vibrant is better than Iphone 4 but the resale value is half of Iphone 4.
Both of them were $199 on 2-year contract.
Later when you want to opt out of your contract, you can sell your iphone and pay the ETF.
2. cncrim posted on 20 Oct 2011, 16:03 4 1
Come on!!! Apple had it days. All Apple need to do is 4" inches screen plus new body design... then sure it still be the king of smartphone instead the 2 two years lazy design keep the look the same.
Siri is only work well in the advertise, but I believe Siri is still in the baby step and it is still in the long way to perfection, I don't think it ready for main stream but Apple play catching up to Android that's why they just push it out the market while there are bugs to need to straight out.
3. llcesar posted on 20 Oct 2011, 16:09 6 1
Yup, it seem that all the new 4S owners didn't realize that they paid to get the new 4S and basically paid to be Siri beta users
24. 530gemini posted on 20 Oct 2011, 18:12 4 5
@llcesar. So is the A5 chip and the 8mp camera on the ip4s also betas? Goodness, android fanboys are hilarious.
51. llcesar posted on 20 Oct 2011, 22:06 3 0
Nope.. the chip is outstanding, camera outstanding.. thats why I said that "SIRI" is beta. I only spoke on Siri. They are perfecting Siri for Iphone 5. But for now, consider Iphone 5 users ginea pigs for Siri.
23. 530gemini posted on 20 Oct 2011, 18:10 0 4
@cncrim. This report does not include the ip4s, so why are you including Siri and the ip4s in your comment as if this report includes the sales figures of ip4s? Typical android fanboy. Just posts whatever without understanding, tsk, tsk, tsk.
40. 530gemini posted on 20 Oct 2011, 20:02 1 2
And you bought the iphone because you think android is better? Lol.
31. ardent1 posted on 20 Oct 2011, 18:52 0 2
Don't forget battery life. It's a cell phone meaning people need to make phone calls, send texts, etc. and a larger screen will eat into battery life. The good news is better battery technology is around the corner and hopefully the price drops so the new battery can support BOTH 4G and a larger screen when the next generation of the iPhone comes out.
4. remixfa posted on 20 Oct 2011, 16:10 5 4
sure, whine now. samsung spanked you. just like I said they would. Apple will have a Q4 boost from the i4s, but will it be enough to over take samsung with the nexusS and SGS2?
If Apple takes it again for Q4, i bet a paycheck to anyone that its only for Q4 and by Q1 2012 Samsung has them by 4 million units minimum.
6. iwebdroidberry7 posted on 20 Oct 2011, 16:12 0 1
Shipments =/= Sales. Samsung also shipped 6 million Galaxy Tabs, but apparently there are only 6 Honeycomb tablets in the wild period.
7. taco50 posted on 20 Oct 2011, 16:18 3 9
I'll take that bet
who's whining by the way other than the vilage idiot?
15. The_Miz posted on 20 Oct 2011, 17:22 1 4
There's no iRony involved here.
