Phone maker and OS market shares: Samsung rises, Nokia slips

02 May, 2012
Samsung and Apple battle it out for top smartphone maker. 51% of smartphones in the US run Android.

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  • darneeer
  • tu6
  • 03 May 2012

am no longer nokia freak

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    • dino sa
    • sr$
    • 03 May 2012

    Nokia issue is not an operating system than the outdated hardware

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      • The title misleads
      • 7Xc
      • 03 May 2012

      Anonymous, 03 May 2012That's precisely right. Nokia ruled for 14 years. But innov... moreTake a look at Nokia 701 with Symbian Belle FP1 with Web Browser 8.2 then tell me your impressions whether there are improvements or none.

      It's time you test drive the Nokia 701 with Symbian Belle FP1.

      => http://youtu.be/TSeLR64DqRU

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        • The title misleads
        • 7Xc
        • 03 May 2012

        Anonymous, 03 May 2012That's precisely right. Nokia ruled for 14 years. But innov... morehttp://youtu.be/TSeLR64DqRU

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          • The title misleads
          • 7Xc
          • 03 May 2012

          Anonymous, 02 May 2012 ZzZzZzzz - who cares about US figures with their crappy ca... more+1M. USA Market is only 1% of total market. Asia (China, India, SE), Russia, Latin America, and the list goes on. We are the 99%. USA Market it only 1%. Give us MeeGo and Symbian, or Nokia dies.

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            • Juzzie
            • Rx}
            • 03 May 2012

            Don't you just love the slow and steady grind of Google's dominance. Finally people are starting to realise something I have known for about 4 years. Companies like Apple thrive on the stupidity and simplicity of people, how Apple got rich from selling products that are faulty on arrival just goes to show how the masses follow each other blindly.

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              • Anonymous
              • Qy%
              • 03 May 2012

              AnonD-50755, 02 May 2012Samsuck fanboys couldn't believe what is happening because ... moreThat's precisely right. Nokia ruled for 14 years. But innovations change and people lost their interest in a crappy and extremely laggy symbian OS coupled with ugly designs. I used to be a symbian user and I hated how the apps and settings are buried deep down menus and sub menus and just zooming a picture was painfully slowwww.

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                • josh
                • 2CE
                • 03 May 2012

                bet this is because of windows phones, people dont like them and there not that good...
                I prefer belle to windows phones and I bet alot would agree with me when saying this,
                that windows is killing nokia

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                  • Anonymous
                  • kg3
                  • 03 May 2012

                  Nokia is currently migrating from Symbian to Windows Phone. They will do just fine in the future. Their Lumia 900 is exceeded expectation in sales here in the US. Wait until their budget phone Lumia 610 get released world wide. It will be a huge hit. Lumia 610 has no lag whatsoever running on Windows Phone OS that Apple co-found Woz said WP is intuitive and beautiful that Android is no contest comparing to WP.
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TQzbC2CEEE

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                    • Anonymous
                    • nIG
                    • 02 May 2012

                    ZzZzZzzz - who cares about US figures with their crappy carrier model - show us the global figures!

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                      • defdog
                      • fuv
                      • 02 May 2012

                      nokia is still the best

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                        • AnonD-12210
                        • 7tx
                        • 02 May 2012

                        Anonymous, 02 May 2012I'm not talking about full qwerty because PC has them befor... morethats called competing not copying. Why didnt rim sue nokia ? Did samsung nt produce qwerty phones ? Apple copied nokia or lg prada phones ?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • fqd
                          • 02 May 2012

                          AnonD-12210, 02 May 2012Which name were u ûsing before ? I remember u . Bcoz ... moreI'm not talking about full qwerty because PC has them before Nokia made communicator
                          I'm talking about the square mini qwerty in BB
                          Both designs are completely different
                          BB 6230 released in 2003 and Nokia E61 in 2005 and you can see Nokia copied BB design 100%.

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                            • AnonD-50627
                            • Hkq
                            • 02 May 2012

                            AnonD-12210, 02 May 2012Are u american ? Nokia has been the smartphne king since th... moreNokia made smartphones since 2003. Others started making actual smartphones since 2006. Nokia's fall began from 2006. Wonder why? N if u do not know anything then dont post anything. Nokia's smartphone share has been below apples since 2010 not Q2 2011. Samsung was in the third place behind nokia for half of 2010. After which it shifted its focus from bada n windows phones to android. Since then samsung's sales have been quadrupling year over year. N it overtook nokia to take the second place behind apple n had 2 quarters of sales Q2 n Q3 more than those of apple's(thanks to s2). Then apple dominated Q4. Now Q1 2012 samsung regains the top smartphone vendor position.

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                              • AnonD-12210
                              • 7tx
                              • 02 May 2012

                              AnonD-24171, 02 May 2012Great statement man. Plus Nokia is the one who copycats ... moreWhich name were u ûsing before ? I remember u . Bcoz the same points were given by some person ,in some other post . But my friend , qwerty keypad was there in nokia communicator phnes, diff design ,but still. X6 is nowhere like iphne. Smartphne cannot be compared to tablets .

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                                • Gee
                                • N7A
                                • 02 May 2012

                                Am Shocked how Samsung by passed Nokia and Apple. But Nokia is still my favourite.

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                                  • AnonD-24171
                                  • fqd
                                  • 02 May 2012

                                  AnonD-3367, 02 May 2012Shame, the Nokia fanboys seem to be feeling VERY sour, thei... moreGreat statement man.

                                  Plus Nokia is the one who copycats others and they use cheap quality the source from Nokia/WP fanboys website
                                  http://wmpoweruser.com/nokia-putting-in-windows-phone-orders-from-foxconn-also/
                                  They give their orders to Compal and Foxccon to make their phones completely they do nothing and claim to be innovator company!

                                  While Samsung make their own parts and others' parts like Apple and Google..etc and Nokia too.

                                  Nokia copied Blackbery qwerty design "E6 Series" and Apple specs and style in "X6" series and buttonless phone from Android honeycomb "G-Slate" and others tablets, And they use names for their editions OS like Belle and Anna copying Android idea "Gingerbread, Froyo", Nokia used to call their editions with numbers like S60.


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                                    • Babak
                                    • dQG
                                    • 02 May 2012

                                    AnonD-3367, 02 May 2012Shame, the Nokia fanboys seem to be feeling VERY sour, thei... moreI agree U. I hate the guys who don't want to accept the fact.

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                                      • AnonD-12210
                                      • 7tx
                                      • 02 May 2012

                                      Anonymous, 02 May 2012I just dont understand why u guys cant understand the fact ... moreAre u american ? Nokia has been the smartphne king since the dawn of smart phne. More than 50 % share at some point of time . It was no 1 till 2nd quarter 2011 ,in smartphne. Where were u ?

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                                        • AnonD-12210
                                        • 7tx
                                        • 02 May 2012

                                        AnonD-3367, 02 May 2012Shame, the Nokia fanboys seem to be feeling VERY sour, thei... moreOne quarter of greatness is not enough. 15 yrs of innovation cannot be forgotten and made fun of, simply for fanboyism. We grew watching nokia produce some pure genius products. U gave 3-4 samsungs' innovations ? I think i do nt have much strength to write the list of nokia's innovations. And finally cheers for the most innovative product of 2012 - pureview 808