Kantar: Samsung top US vendor, S6 third best-selling smartphone

30 June, 2015
It's behind its predecessor and the current champ, the iPhone 6. Apple is top vendor in China.

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Doggy, 01 Jul 2015People buy flagship phone because of its popularity and not... moreWhen budget devices get a new iteration the only difference you see are specs but when a flagship is updated not only specs are updated, new features are also made available. Like iPhone 5S got a fingerprint sensor and Galaxy S6 got a wireless charging. You won't see these types of features in a budget device. One more thing to note is that the Flagships are supported for a longer period of time unlike budget phone which are dropped soon after the launch year.

If you think flagships buyers are stupid and just like to flaunt then you are living in a world of your own.

    Anonymous, 01 Jul 2015Xiaomi mi4 was every bit a 2014's flagship as any other, i... moreWow just wow. You own a flagship and act like you are all for a budget phone. And here I was thinking I was not getting through to you :)

      DantE O2, 01 Jul 2015samsung has the best sale numbers but apple has the most pr... morePrice vise btwn Samsung n Apple, Samsung is way better; Apple managements main/only mission > exorbitant & crazy profits for shareholders! By extracting as much profit as can possible be done from its fanboys!

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        • 01 Jul 2015

        Doggy, 01 Jul 2015People buy flagship phone because of its popularity and not... moreNice try shill try playing graphic intensive games such as xcom:enemy within and shadowrun series or such on your cheap phone and see how it struggles lol

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          • 01 Jul 2015

          Good to see Europeans are switching to wp (up to nearly 10%).. And this is before 10 is released. Things starting to look up for MS.. Hopefully more devs will start to get on board now.

            AnonD-268422, 30 Jun 2015I wish all the success for Samsung .it deserves all the best samsung has the best sale numbers but apple has the most profit of all, obviously this means samsung gets wayyyy less profit per device & their devices are priced more sensibly in comparison to apple devices.

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              • 01 Jul 2015

              People buy flagship phone because of its popularity and not because of its usefulness. It's true there are a lot of new features if you compare a flagship device from a cheaper device. But the main question is, are we really using those features. How many among us who bought a Note series phone and use the pen frequently? Most of us only notice the s-pen when we first bought and that's it, it will just be in it's closet. How many of us play extensive 3D games that we need a fast processor? The only common thing the most of us do in a phone is chatting, calling, watching movies, texting and emails. And this things we can do in a low budget mobiles like Huawei or Lenovo.

              Company like Samsung or Apple tend to upgrade their product which a little additional features and that's it a brand new phone has come and people will be selling their phones and buy this in a higher price and at the end of the day. The common things we do in our old mobile is the same thing that we do in our new mobile. And this tech Giants are enjoying the profit. From Iphone 6 to Iphone 6S?

              Well I guess people are rioh to spend. Juts for other to say that we are using a new gadget.

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                • 01 Jul 2015

                AnonD-379427, 01 Jul 2015Same, samsung deserves all the success. And never will i bu... morewow.. samsung fan only think about apple ~ i think there's a lot of phone in this world , and apple always their number 1 favorite ~

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                  • U2c
                  • 01 Jul 2015

                  pathetic Samsung phones at top 3 ???? non sense

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                    • 01 Jul 2015

                    AnonD-268422, 30 Jun 2015I wish all the success for Samsung .it deserves all the best Same, samsung deserves all the success. And never will i buy anything from Apple, they are nothing but greedy. As long as i live, Apple will not dominate the smartphone market, especially im the one who upgrades my entire family's phones and runs my very own business.

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                      • 25G
                      • 01 Jul 2015

                      Fool peoples choicing ugly, out-dated & low specs iPhone...

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                        • Anonymous
                        • IhG
                        • 01 Jul 2015

                        Which iPhone is the best selling phone? Is it the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 +, the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 5C, the iPhone 5, or the iPhone 4S? I believe all of these are still for sale in the US.

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                          • 01 Jul 2015

                          Cannot be! S6 should be the number one best selling phone I believe.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • IcE
                            • 01 Jul 2015

                            Galaxy S6 far surpasses the competition. Can't wait to see the Note 5.

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                              • 01 Jul 2015

                              Umbilical Noose, 30 Jun 2015Exactly. That's the reason why most people in US and EU buy... moreXiaomi mi4 was every bit a 2014's flagship as any other, it just happened to be priced lower. I bought it (over S5, iPhone, HTC One) simply because it was the best of the bunch (largest battery, best selfie cam, second best screen, great camera,Snapdragon 801, frequent updates), nothing to do with price.

                              People buy pricy phones because those are presented to them as the best. But they rarely are, apart from the note series, any other has glaring faults so why not go with companies that actually try to fix them.

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                                • 01 Jul 2015

                                AnonD-1825, 30 Jun 2015" The figures are from total phones sold." Ca... moreThis is comparing YoY sales (From last year April to this year's April). The iPhone 5S was released 2 years ago.

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                                  • 30 Jun 2015

                                  AnonD-174463, 30 Jun 2015No. The figures are from total phones sold. Not for the p... more"
                                  The figures are from total phones sold."

                                  Cant be, iPhone 5S would be then number two.

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                                    • 30 Jun 2015

                                    AnonD-268422, 30 Jun 2015I wish all the success for Samsung .it deserves all the best if samsung succeeds, what will you get? do they even now you? or they are only after your money?

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                                      • 8n4
                                      • 30 Jun 2015

                                      I wish all the success for Samsung .it deserves all the best

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                                        • EKj
                                        • 30 Jun 2015

                                        AnonD-1825, 30 Jun 2015Galaxy S6 selling worse than S5? :DNo.
                                        The figures are from total phones sold.
                                        Not for the period that the S6 has been available.
                                        So since release the iPhone 6 has been the best selling phone in the US.
                                        The S5, since its release has been the 2nd best selling phone.
                                        And the S6, since its release ranks 3rd in number of phones sold.
                                        So no, it doesn't mean that