Q3 summary: Apple joins the Top 5, Sony Ericsson drops off

31 October, 2010
This week was chock full of financial reports and now it’s time for a summary. According to industry analysts IDC, mobile phone market grew 14.6% with 340.5 million units shipped. Smartphones are...

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  • 01 Nov 2010

Anonymous, 01 Nov 2010except camera sensor, whole thing inside n8 was in 3gs LOL.Had 3gs card slot? The latest mobile gpu? HDMI? Xenon flash? Stereo video sound recording from the two microphones? USB On The Go? Lol...Nop. Was 3gs overpriced? Yes!!

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    • 01 Nov 2010

    Honestly why do you people argue about which phone is better? It's all subjective anyways. And all this talk about sales and numbers doesn't prove anything otherwise Avatar is the best movie ever made and Michael Jackson is the greatest Artist of all time (although I do agree with that). Like I said it's all subjective

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      • 01 Nov 2010

      [deleted post]except camera sensor, whole thing inside n8 was in 3gs LOL.

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        • 01 Nov 2010

        Even the rumored/up and coming PSPhone will not going to do them any good. People(fanboys) are fed up. Goodbye SE...

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          • 01 Nov 2010

          Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010All I can say is "if it wasn't for Apple coming up wit... more"All I can say is "if it wasn't for Apple coming up with the iphone we'd still be looking at a very sluggish Symbian OS and thinking wow!" so thanks Apple for pushing the boundaries and making people realise it can all be better. "

          Very very good comment!

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            • 01 Nov 2010

            this report stands out very different in australia. barely any nokia/lg/samsung are sold now its all dominated by apple iphone and RIM blackberry.

            with the murger of 3 mobile and vodafone this would change but it has not happened.

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              • 31 Oct 2010

              Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010ya and there is a reason for that design, drop the iph4 2 t... moreI believe both durability and good looks can be combined, just look at what HTC is doing. Iphone 4's been around for a while now and there has not been that many complaints about it breaking easily when dropped. Any phone will have a breaking point how easily it breaks depends on how it lands. Most phones these days have large screens, so if dropped face down on a rock or hard ragged surface the outcome is most likely to be the same.

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                • 31 Oct 2010

                yall fools.. samsung, lg, nokia, and sony that have drop off .. have learn a very important lession that when a company is good at mobile it doesnt take them years.. or lots of experiance.. yess thanks to apple for opening every other mobile company blind eyes ... and talk all the talk u can talk yall mobile fans.. i base everything on FACTS .. and in this FACTS apple RULES the rest .. so either u like it or love.. and if u dont then you are truely a person who cant accept FACTS and only accept ur OPINIONs ..

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                  • 31 Oct 2010

                  Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010All I can say is "if it wasn't for Apple coming up wit... moreya and there is a reason for that design, drop the iph4 2 times and ull know why they designed the n8 that way. Then try talking with the iph4, ull feel a knife is on ur ears. IMO the iph4 is good as furniture or a picture frame. Dnt judge before knowing why the designer did it that way, N8 for reliability and toughness, Iph4 for design and gorgeous looks. Choose wat works best for u.

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                    • 31 Oct 2010

                    yeah, that's what you get for NOT valuing your customers Sony! >:(
                    didn't get the update for Xperia X10 yet! good looking phones + outdated software + shitty customer service = the result is in front of you!
                    considering selling my X10, cause you guys are ridiculous!

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                      • 31 Oct 2010

                      All I can say is "if it wasn't for Apple coming up with the iphone we'd still be looking at a very sluggish Symbian OS and thinking wow!" so thanks Apple for pushing the boundaries and making people realise it can all be better.
                      Nokia have realised that they need to step up or remain leaders only at the lower end of the market sector though IMO they need to improve the design of the handsets. N8 next to Iphone 4 looks pretty shabby.

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                        • 31 Oct 2010

                        Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010anyway, apple is king and when i am tube, i see iphone on a... moreThey are common, I will admit.

                        And yet, I wonder why everyone of the teenage generation (who I personally feel get the best out of their phones since they are bloody glued to them) used to go "I want a iphone!" Interesting they all now go "I want a HTC/Android" or "I want a blackberry".


                        Just food for thought.

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                          • 31 Oct 2010

                          [deleted post]anyway, apple is king and when i am tube, i see iphone on almost everyone's hand

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                            • 31 Oct 2010

                            Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010Well its not pointless if u decide to transfer large amount... moreSo...use a MicroSD in the phone and a usb cable? or carry multiple MicroSD which is less space consumptive and probably a bit quicker?

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                              • 31 Oct 2010

                              Kierann, 31 Oct 2010My mother has an iPhone. technically a marvel, interface is... moreWell its not pointless if u decide to transfer large amounts of music on the go :) .. the more the phone has the happier we are. Its like ur saying it shouldn't be there to start with. Put it in this way, u may not use it as often, but at some point ull use it, and ull be happy that its there. Plus some people really appreciate USB otg and use it more often than anyone.

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                                • 31 Oct 2010

                                Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010sorry i mean hard drive attachment to n8 by usb otg!! nobod... moreMy mother has an iPhone. technically a marvel, interface is...smooth but limited.

                                Just because the majority of people don't communicate properly on the internet (IE, are morons) doesn't mean you have to be.

                                And as to the external hardrive, fair enough. That seems to be an N8 specific thing, and much the same I find that rather pointless.

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                                  • 31 Oct 2010

                                  Kierann, 31 Oct 20101) i dont have a Nokia, I abandoned Nokia long ago. 2) h... moresorry i mean hard drive attachment to n8 by usb otg!! nobody uses proper english on internet.
                                  Jailbreaking voids warranty?? I can reset to original fw of apple anytime using itunes. Sorry buy one iph4 and experience it to know how good it is. Nobody judge cars fr TV ad and so are mobile phones

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                                    • 31 Oct 2010

                                    Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010observe nokia users and iphone users!! who play their phone... more1) i dont have a Nokia, I abandoned Nokia long ago.

                                    2) harddrive? try speaking english like a normal person, or at least using proper grammar and I'll respond to that one. If you mean microSD then why does every professional reviewer in the world criticise the iPhone for not having one? because people want it.

                                    3) I never denied apple growth is huge. just that its caused by run of the mill people wanting the "fashionable" super gadget which isn't all that super.

                                    4) you do realise that apple are working very hard to make it so Jailbreaking now voids your warranty, right?

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                                      • 31 Oct 2010

                                      Anonymous, 31 Oct 2010lol i still have razrv3 which is working perfectly, iphone ... moreUr all pathetic believing these U.S government owned companies that make u live a fake dream with no reliability .. Apple is one of them, believe it or not, it may not be written in papers or appear in news but behind all this is a truth that people don't know, for e.g. 9/11 crash is made by the U.S government and was blamed on an actor made by America which is Osama, just to destroy the Muslim picture infront of the world, which is happening and still going on.

                                      I trust Japan and Japanese products if u want my opinion, in phones i agree with Nokia and Samsung (Anything not American) which are on the top list of GSMarena.

                                      Another reason showing the damn sneaky American approach is the security risk in Iphones and blackberrys which are the 2 main phones that scattered among people like a disease, which is made to happen just to have control over people and the content in their phone while people dnt know about it. Its so clear, but today people ignore and want to live a fake dream which wen the truth is told nobody wants to believe.

                                      NOTE: What i hate is the American government and its sneaky acting ways NOT the people there, like they say in the government there is another government. Obama is not in charge, he is just a puppet.

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                                        • 31 Oct 2010

                                        kierann, 31 Oct 2010I'll give you that one on the android front. having owne... moreobserve nokia users and iphone users!! who play their phones more. things like flash player is not necessary but apps are. No one wanna attach hard drive to phone too. anyway apple won't care u!! the growth says it all. iphone has most unlimited options. Jailbreakers will eye on iph. no phone in the history is unlocked by software b4 iph. i got all apps free after i jailbreak too.