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Yankee Group: Apple iPhone to pick up U.S. market share in 2013

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Yankee Group: Apple iPhone to pick up U.S. market share in 2013
Research firm The Yankee Group is clearly not impressed with the Samsung Galaxy S 4. Saying that the introduction of the next Android flagship smartphone in Times Square was not exciting, the Yankee Group expects that the Apple iPhone will be picking up market share in the U.S. in 2013 at the expense of Samsung. This goes against the conventional thinking that has Apple iPhone owners upset with iOS which has been called stale. Even BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins earlier this week chided iOS for being old and lacking innovation.

The Yankee Group sees a good year ahead for the Apple iPhone

The Yankee Group sees a good year ahead for the Apple iPhone

The Yankee Group was so unimpressed with the Samsung Galaxy S 4 that it said that if Samsung were Apple, the phone would be called the Samsung Galaxy S IIIS. Additionally, in its March 2013 consumer survey, only 15% of those who responded said that they planned on purchasing a Samsung phone in the next 6 months compared with the 40% who said that they are planning on buying an Apple iPhone sometime in the next 6 months. The research firm also notes that Samsung does not seem to be able to command the same brand loyalty as Apple. In another survey, 61% of Samsung owners plan on buying another Samsung device for their next smartphone while 85% of current Apple  owners plan on buying another iPhone when the time comes for the purchase of a new phone.

source: YankeeGroup via AppleInsider

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1. wendygarett (limited) 3 days ago posted on 19 Mar 2013, 22:51 18 3

Yeah very convincing articles from the site called APPLEINSIDER :)

4. hung2900 posted on 19 Mar 2013, 23:04 5 6

Yes, and I feel rediculous about the term "Galay SIIIs". In fact yhere are more differences of S4 over S3 than iPhone 5 over iPhone 4s. So why they don't call iPhone 5 as iPhone 4s plus or iPhone 4s' ? Then how can this iPhone4s' have a bigger marketshare?

6. mobilespecs.pk posted on 19 Mar 2013, 23:21 3

Why would people be so concerned about these joints? They are after your money. They need to sell you there products, They don't care about you. You need to do the same buy which ever smartphone do you like. Don't fell into that fan wars. I like phones not the companies who make it

16. -box- posted on 20 Mar 2013, 08:09

Article relating to apple written by Alan = ignore, since it is biased in apple's favor.

2. Daftama posted on 19 Mar 2013, 22:52 1

Idea was to get ppl from s2 and from other manufacturers to come to samsung not for s3 owners to go to s4...have you seen ces 2013 if not youtube samsung 2013 ces. I understand s4 doesnt live up to the hype since when dis any phone ever did...Sammy has a launch in may than in october for n3 than Galaxy Q next year

3. Eions posted on 19 Mar 2013, 23:00 6

The S4 is a slight bump to the S3. Much like the 4s to the 5. But the article is right, I don't think Samsung has the same dedicated fanbase that Apple does.
AppleInsider is a great Apple news site though it has some pretty rabid fanboys that reside there.

5. appleDOESNT.com posted on 19 Mar 2013, 23:10 1

gosh, enough.. these companies cant re-invent the wheel yearly. Apple does less than most on a yearly basis but who cares, these phones have hit their peaks, not much else comin our way, ever... really, like what do u all expect yearly? geez :/

7. rusticguy posted on 19 Mar 2013, 23:27

Heck ... did the stock price climb up?

8. Timmehor posted on 20 Mar 2013, 00:48

Apple will probably always rule the US market, its where they are their strongest and the most profitable.

9. BadAssAbe posted on 20 Mar 2013, 01:00 2

I find it funny how the iPhone is rated 9/10 yet has more cons than most android phones
No Sd Card slot
No HD screen
No removable battery
Must have unique Proprietary USB connector
Small screen
Huge bezel
I haven't even mention the software limits

10. rejaz (unregistered) posted on 20 Mar 2013, 01:28 1

Congradulate samsung! You didn't listen to your customers so listen from others.

11. pwnarena posted on 20 Mar 2013, 01:32

it's because there are many android phone makers. they try to kill each other to prove which is the worthy opponent of the iphone.

12. jcpwn2004 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 03:56

i doubt it, iphone is really losing its luster. So many good android phones, z10, and new windows phones coming out.

13. networkdood posted on 20 Mar 2013, 05:36 1

So, maybe next time Samsung should make the phone in a triangular shape with 1000 PPI and an 80 map camera front and back with 10GB of RAM?
Must be nice for a company to make slight changes to its flagship model, 3 years straight, and still sell it (talking about Apple)....only in America can this happen

14. Canadian_user posted on 20 Mar 2013, 06:47 1

Oh come on now...Another example of Apple pulling out one of their marketing companies from their back pocket, trying to convince you that the information is true & non-bias.
If Apple isn't trying to sue the competition, their getting their back pocket media companies to write up the smear campaigns instead of listening to what consumer want on their mobile devices.

Even the most dedicated Apple fans will look to the competition for their next device if you fail to address IOS short comings (no SD, NFC, removable battery, sharing between devices, limited video formats, tied to itunes for basic file transfer, etc...) that have been around for years..

Apple users will wake up eventually and ask more of their company.

15. Aeires (unregistered) posted on 20 Mar 2013, 07:16

According to the chart, only Apple will gain share in the US. Yeah, right.

How many people were interviewed for this data to be compiled?

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