Apple iPhone 5 and 4S top global smartphone shipments for Q4 2012

20 February, 2013
Apple's iPhone 5 overtook the Galaxy S III to top the global smartphone sales in Q4 last year, reports says.

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  • ladylawyer
  • 64b
  • 20 Feb 2013

[deleted post]says the guy who insulted 27 million people,and generally hates apple for no apparent reason..yeah you are so much better than iphone buyers.

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    • AnonD-78939
    • 2T7
    • 20 Feb 2013

    Anonymous, 20 Feb 2013high five. I was getting sick of s3 users trolling the i... moreS3 users are very insecure of their purchase and regretting it , if not , why would they bash on iPhone 5 page ?

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      • AnonD-1825
      • p77
      • 20 Feb 2013

      Killer Droid, 20 Feb 2013To all apple fan boy before beliving this bs new ask your s... moreIts not bullshit, funny to see so many android fans going denial :D

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        • AnonD-105795
        • xA1
        • 20 Feb 2013

        That's just a single Q4 numbers. SIII is still #1 phone in the Universe in 2012, and again it will repeat the same feat in 2013.

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          • Killer Droid
          • QGt
          • 20 Feb 2013

          To all apple fan boy before beliving this bs new ask your self one question. Why is that apple stock don't stop failling since the iphone 5 realese????

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            • samsungfannabee
            • t7X
            • 20 Feb 2013

            I also want to be a Samsung/Android commenter/blogger, like some peeps here. I would really love scanning for articles in GSM Arena about Apple and bash them. Anyone have any idea how much the pay is?

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              • AnonD-80331
              • v0q
              • 20 Feb 2013

              OMG!... This is just another white lies from Apple. I'm pretty much sure that behind this funny statistic is no other than Apple. They just trying to mislead us all with a lie to cover up the big truth that Apple is stumbling and falling because since Steve Jobs die, innovation at Apple goes along too.... They're Stock market value are falling day by day from a super sky rocket high before... Pity isn't¿

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                • Anonymous
                • QYn
                • 20 Feb 2013

                sam sings, 20 Feb 2013i'm really happy. i'm no apple fan but as long as it's not ... morehigh five.

                I was getting sick of s3 users trolling the iphone5 page. They can't even out sell the 4's it's funny. These cocky s3 users can suck on it, for all I care. Finally something to put them in their place.

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                  • Hein
                  • NB8
                  • 20 Feb 2013

                  rofl shipments

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                    • Zeelo
                    • M%j
                    • 20 Feb 2013

                    What about the sales of the other Galaxy smart phones, including the Note???
                    Can this article be updated with that?

                    Anyway, well done to Apple.

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                      • AnonD-21647
                      • N9@
                      • 20 Feb 2013

                      PineAPPLE can Ship millions of its ish*ts but can never sell as much millions compare to awesome SAMSUNG GALAXY PHONES.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • QYn
                        • 20 Feb 2013

                        Love it love it love it love it love it Love it love it love it love it love it Love it love it love it love it love it!!!!!!

                        S3 users along with so called S3 users have been trolling apple iphone5 page, a long with every iphone related article non stop! Thank you for posting this article gsm arena! Love love it it!. Finally put those annoying s3 users in their place. Take that droopy. Troll elsewere. Android fans now butthurt.

                        wooooooo!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • PvY
                          • 20 Feb 2013

                          hard to believe this.

                          at least s4 model, though s3 is a year old already and it sales arent slowing down.

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                            • alexvr
                            • ajT
                            • 20 Feb 2013

                            bobby21, 20 Feb 2013The iphone 4s outsells the galaxy s3. Muhahha Apple is s... moreso the 4s outsold sgs3. the sgs4 will outsell the iphone 5 and in december the iphone 5 will outsell the sgs 4 then the sgs5 will outsell the iphone6 and so on and so on. Who cares? Aren t u tired of this useless dispute?

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                              • Mfx
                              • 20 Feb 2013

                              ahah omg.. im no fan of apple or the iphone, but i HATE the attitude of SG3 users... i see them bashing apple all the time on this site.. and i must say sg3 is a piece of junk! i've used that thing, so many bugs, freezing, lagging, had to pull the battery out a few times while starting games, had it go white screen on me and just refused to even power down.

                              let see you talk now SG3 fanboys!... o yea.. not to mention, SG3 is the most Hideously UGLY phone on the face of this earth. i truely mean that from the bottom of my heart... it competes with the record setting ugly phone, the SG2!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • mga
                                • 20 Feb 2013

                                bobby21, 20 Feb 2013The iphone 4s outsells the galaxy s3. Muhahha Apple is s... moreWhy is it a funny thing that the iPhones cost way more than an SIII, all those poor people getting ripped off seems a little unnecessary.

                                Fandroids huh, thats clever putting an F at the beginning of Android, have you checked what that makes you apple fans?
                                Have a good one Fapple

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • ibX
                                  • 20 Feb 2013

                                  Waiting for the incoming 'fandroids in denial' comments.

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                                    • AnonD-1825
                                    • p77
                                    • 20 Feb 2013

                                    What is unbeliavable is the 4S actually sold last q more than q3. So over year old model keep gaining sells, apple is only one who can do that! It just tells how powerful even year old models are, people can buy them and get great product.

                                      The iphone 4s outsells the galaxy s3. Muhahha

                                      Apple is simply the best. Admit it fandroids.

                                      You know what's so great about this news? The iphone 5 and the 4s are way more expensive than the galaxy s3.

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                                        • AnonD-86634
                                        • Nnu
                                        • 20 Feb 2013

                                        enjoy the the top seller @ toysforus -iphone5 still not in the class of the super phone!!