SA: Android takes a 81% slice of the Q3 smartphone pie

01 November, 2013
The total smartphone shipments for the period were 251 million units, a 45% jump compared to Q3 2013.

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  • 02 Nov 2013

this is good news

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    • 02 Nov 2013

    AnonD-27765, 02 Nov 2013No one's buying a 5c. It's just a clever marketing ploy of ... moreThat in itself is a bad way to rip people off of their money, In order to keep the price if the previous IPhone 5 high, they instead ommitted it and placed it inside a plastic casing to which most IPhone fan is cheap...

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      • 02 Nov 2013

      isaac16, 02 Nov 2013 android operating system being a top notcher operating sys... moreThat's why Apple also came out with iphone 5c. C as in CHEAP. Tell me how iphone is better than Android:
      http://thedroideffect.com/100-things-iphone-5s-still-cant-do-android-can/

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        • kWV
        • 02 Nov 2013

        AnonD-27765, 02 Nov 2013You must all be forgetting that Apple own all of the iOS ma... moreKeep denying, keep defending Apple. They might reward you that phone with a TINY screen that's still stuck in restricted ecosystem.

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          • Anonymous
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          • 02 Nov 2013

          Aeron, 01 Nov 2013The chart is OS to OS. Ok fine. iOS market share is slippin... moreonly if your apps is worth downloading.

          Im very sure u can get good job in apple.inc. they need people like u thn the developers.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 02 Nov 2013

            AnonD-27765, 02 Nov 2013You must all be forgetting that Apple own all of the iOS ma... moreLol...Ios is not a malware free os. don’t be fool. Everything is possible on cyber world with the right tool and right knowledge.

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              • Anonymous
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              • 02 Nov 2013

              AnonD-27765, 02 Nov 2013The iPhone 5s has just been released and it sold 9 million ... moreWow make a banner on that and walk around the streets of your city......

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                • Anonymous
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                • 02 Nov 2013

                [deleted post]Do u think Windows XP/7/8 is top notcher because its used on cheap Computers? I don't think so dude.

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                  • 02 Nov 2013

                  AnonD-27765, 02 Nov 2013Only 1% of users do that to their iPhones. Most users have ... moreAnd jailbreaking is not free and hard to install!

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                    • 02 Nov 2013

                    android operating system being a top notcher operating system baceuse theres so many cheap phones with android operating system. apple ios is the best.

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                      • 02 Nov 2013

                      AnonD-87800, 02 Nov 2013Oh yeah? That's why when you hack your phone you call it j... moreOnly 1% of users do that to their iPhones. Most users have much better to do with their precious time than customize their already perfect phones to their liking.

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                        • 02 Nov 2013

                        AnonD-77892, 02 Nov 20135s and 5c combined!No one's buying a 5c. It's just a clever marketing ploy of Apple to ditch the aluminium iPhone 5 and release a cheaper iPhone 5c so that everybody will get the iPhone 5s instead.

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                          • 02 Nov 2013

                          AnonD-27765, 02 Nov 2013iOS is a beautiful walled garden not a prison.Oh yeah? That's why when you hack your phone you call it jail break. And that is to break free out of JAIL.

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                            • 02 Nov 2013

                            Anonymous, 02 Nov 2013To the person saying Samsung outselling Apple, in your drea... moreThat is a stupid argument...
                            1) apple sells several models of the iphone (4S, 5C & 5S)
                            2) no one forces apple to only sell certain types or limited models of phones.

                            The facts are Samsung's GLOBAL market share grew from 32.9% to 35.2% over 12 months, apples fell from 15.6% to 13.4%.

                            Samsung sold 88.4 million last quarter, apple sold 33.8 million.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 02 Nov 2013

                              To the person saying Samsung outselling Apple, in your dreams. Samsung TOTAL shipment might be greater in numbers. Why? They are saturating the market with similar models. S4, S4 zoom, s4 active etc. So pathetic. GSMARENA, should release one model and its sales volume not the combined!!!!!

                              apple ios is one man standing and yet they can survive the competition with 10% market share, if we to taken to account just the s4, can it widthstand the sales of 5 or 5s? i am talking about the s4 only. not the s4 mini, s4 zoom, etc etc.

                              samsung is so obssessed and trying hard to ne number 1.

                              while apple just release one phone and yet a big hit!!!

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 02 Nov 2013

                                I hope windows phone will increase more after Microsoft acquisition of Nokia..

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                                  Anonymous, 01 Nov 2013Not surprised at this. A lot of low end smart phones run o... moregood..acceptance is the first step

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                                    • 02 Nov 2013

                                    that's right! and counting

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                                      AnonD-27765, 02 Nov 2013The iPhone 5s has just been released and it sold 9 million ... more5s and 5c combined!

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                                        • 02 Nov 2013

                                        And Android "cheap" phones is much cheaply than the java platform and that's a shame. I don't know why Google allowed china mobiles to use their software