SA: Samsung smartphone lead expands as Apple falters

29 October, 2013
Samsung captured 35% of the market share in Q3 this year, while Apple declined to 13.4% from 15.6%.

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  • nirav
  • t1$
  • 03 Nov 2013

One must also consider the fact that Samsung also sells loads of stuffs as well. Say for example devices of low budget,mid budget and high budget comprising of smartphones like Galxy grand,S duos,Galaxy y,Galaxy Chat,Galaxy Mega 5.8,Galaxy Mega 6.3,Windows Os phones,S2,S3,S4(Normal,LTE,Zoom,Active,duos,mini),Note,Note 2,Note 3 and gosh the list goes on an on. However in comparison,Apple is just selling at the most 4s,5,5C,5S. So a 14% share in comparison to a 33% is a good score not forgetting the quantity of dealings. Personally love the 2 brands both and Addicted to both.
Words of a die hard Note lover,shifting 2 the iphone 5s this year :)

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    • Tr8
    • 01 Nov 2013

    AnonD-977, 30 Oct 2013Apple made more profit this quarter than Samsung, LG, Nokia... moremaking more money doesnt make them better.

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      • AnonD-97279
      • U$4
      • 31 Oct 2013

      Congratulations Sammy. .. and others lol

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        • AnonD-977
        • v}7
        • 30 Oct 2013

        Anonymous, 30 Oct 2013Stop your nonsense. It's only for iphones where double the... moreWhat?

        Are iPhones only a hundred dollars?

        iPhone 5s 16GB $649 32GB $749 64GB $849 T-Mobile USA outright prices.

        Learn some basic maths.

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          • AnonD-977
          • v}7
          • 30 Oct 2013

          Anonymous, 30 Oct 2013Stop your nonsense. It's only for iphones where double the... moreApple made more profit this quarter than Samsung, LG, Nokia, Huawei, Lenovo and Motorola combined.

          There's not much money in selling millions of Galaxy y's or the other low specced junk which makes up most of Samsung's sales.

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            • AnonD-977
            • v}7
            • 30 Oct 2013

            Anonymous, 30 Oct 2013For the companies listed, which is the only one to have man... moreGalaxy S4 swelling batteries.

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              • Bal
              • J1T
              • 30 Oct 2013

              Joey, 29 Oct 2013I am a heavy smartphone user, apps, gaming mainly, I am ha... moreno way that only the apps can use all of 16 GB lol

                AnonD-977, 29 Oct 2013Thanks to TouchWiz my 16GB S4 only has 8.2GB of available s... moreDo you think you get 120 GB with free space on a 120 GB harddrive / SSD on a Windows computer when you buy it with Windows 7 / 8 on it?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • PDG
                  • 30 Oct 2013

                  For the companies listed, which is the only one to have manufacturing problems with their last 2 flagship phones?

                  Apple, that's who.

                  Yet that same company has many of their loyal customers claiming their phone is a quality build.

                  Keep drinking the kool-aid fanboys. Apple loves your money, so they must love you too ;)

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 4QS
                    • 30 Oct 2013

                    AnonD-146453, 29 Oct 2013So, cheap design and marginal build quality, combined with ... moreYeah....That really sucks for you...That's why you have Samsung fix things jaja

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 4QS
                      • 30 Oct 2013

                      The Man , 29 Oct 2013The two words that get along with Samsung are freedom and o... moreAll companies have a followed design. You're not making any sense

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                        • AnonD-166293
                        • XrS
                        • 30 Oct 2013

                        AnonD-27765, 29 Oct 2013Samsung sell more phones considering they flood the market ... moreApple devices are not catered to the rich and affluent. They are catered to those people who are prepared to pay their over the top prices, and that includes poor people as well.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • GT6
                          • 30 Oct 2013

                          AnonD-146453, 29 Oct 2013So, cheap design and marginal build quality, combined with ... moreYea, it's a shame Apple can't get better quality out of their China manufacturing facilities. Lenovo doesn't seem to have that problem.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • GT6
                            • 30 Oct 2013

                            Anonymous, 29 Oct 2013Let's wait for the revenue report to be posted at the end o... moreWhy wait for the revenue at the end of the year? Look at the last quarter revenue numbers; they're available for both Apple and Samsung.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • GT6
                              • 30 Oct 2013

                              AnonD-27765, 29 Oct 2013Internal flash storage is 3x more expensive than a microSD ... moreStop your nonsense. It's only for iphones where double the capacity almost doubles the price of the phone. Other phone manufacturers don't do that. Apple charges the consumer silly prices for their Chinese made phones. Period.

                              Apple phones are about 3x more expensive than phones with the same features. Look at the numbers. Samsung is selling almost 3x the number of phones with slightly more profit than Apple this quarter.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • GT6
                                • 30 Oct 2013

                                AnonD-27765, 29 Oct 2013Samsung sell more phones considering they flood the market ... moreApple does NOT sell only one phone! They are currently selling the 3gs (a few countries), 4, 4s, 5, 5c and 5s.

                                Apple fanboys say such silly things.

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                                  • AnonD-178959
                                  • 0U@
                                  • 29 Oct 2013

                                  People stop speculating on who outsells who!Coz if you know that for sure,now you'll be buy shares instead writing nonsense on some forum.
                                  This report clearly says "shipment",which is usual in business,but who knows for sure how many SGS3 or iphone 4/4s are out there unsold?!?

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                                    • gam30toronto
                                    • RXg
                                    • 29 Oct 2013

                                    samsung rules, 29 Oct 2013they don't want to make a bigger display simply because the... moreIpad has a bigger screen. so don't give me those "because they can't make one themselves nonsense". All phones are composed of different parts from different companies. who is silly enough to make everything from scratch when others already have the facility and knowledge of that part for so many years? Also it's a win win situation, you give other people more jobs. Oh god Apple is so good

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                                      • gam30toronto
                                      • RXg
                                      • 29 Oct 2013

                                      samsung rules, 29 Oct 2013they don't want to make a bigger display simply because the... moreso what's your point? think before you talk pls. if they want a bigger display they could. i don't care who made that iphone screen. Did Samsung made that plastic out of their raw hands? stop the nonsense Please.

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                                        • AnonD-977
                                        • v}7
                                        • 29 Oct 2013

                                        The Man , 29 Oct 2013The two words that get along with Samsung are freedom and o... moreThanks to TouchWiz my 16GB S4 only has 8.2GB of available space.

                                        Samsung should be sued for false advertising, it's nowhere near a 16GB phone.