Apple surpasses Nokia in global smartphone shipments

22 July, 2011
There was a time when Nokia was the king of the smartphone segment thanks to its Symbian platform. In 2007, Apple launched the iPhone and changed the smartphone game altogether. After four years...

Sort by:

  • D
  • AnonD-1825
  • mhT
  • 22 Jul 2011

Great job Apple, keep making these magical devices. You know you have the most satisfied customers by far so well done.

And let the haters hate :D

    • g
    • ghillliboy
    • utW
    • 22 Jul 2011

    y dont they think to make droids .. sonyericsson ritely doing the samsungs way .. makin all range of droids .. to gain their admirable style phones of market .. if nokia goes with android .. they will rule the mobile world again

      • V
      • Vrijender
      • vGS
      • 22 Jul 2011

      iPhone, one of the worst smart phone. Why it's consider smart? Any regions pls...I'm used to N900 great phone except few limitations like dull looks and low battery life. But same in iPhone, while using internet battery drains like anything and good looks: every glitter is not a gold...

        • L
        • Lol
        • sw{
        • 22 Jul 2011

        AnonD-588, 22 Jul 2011Come on Nokia you can beat easily Apple by launching Window... moreDon't be stupid..

          • D
          • AnonD-13321
          • bCi
          • 22 Jul 2011

          Fact is, nokia has been nothing but misunderstood lately. Symbian s60v5 didn't quite suit the touchscreen hence people don't wanna give s^3 a chance. Which other company packs every other feature and more in their smartphones and don't even price them too high? Trust me people, SYMBIAN AIN'T THAT BAD!

            • A
            • Akki
            • u1F
            • 22 Jul 2011

            They just did it in one quarter not Completely..!

              • M
              • MdN
              • Mtr
              • 22 Jul 2011

              No surprise. Here in Croatia now you can buy an iPhone 4 also in a - - - wait for it - - - prepaid package! That means no data tariff, just for people who want the phone to be seen with it.

                • m
                • mark
                • mqM
                • 22 Jul 2011

                oh what a surprise like we didnt this would happen.

                  • ?
                  • Anonymous
                  • u1F
                  • 22 Jul 2011

                  Just beat in 1 quarter . .doesn't mean they over take Nokia. . Change the name of Topic First .. Its wrong . .the people above me dont take it Serious its just one Quarter. . Samsung itself sold more than 25 million Galaxy S . .Remove the Word "Global" n replace with Quarter

                    • G
                    • G.N.
                    • MNU
                    • 22 Jul 2011

                    Nokia will be back on track after removing current CEO. Don't worry guys results will do that for him.

                      • r
                      • rounak
                      • PSx
                      • 22 Jul 2011

                      nokia sucks due to low speed of operating and boring old designes think of little different desigines...... Apple is apple and nokia is dum in front of it.

                        • P
                        • Paolo_android
                        • Pue
                        • 22 Jul 2011

                        AnonD-4697, 22 Jul 2011Agree iPhone Jailbreaked is absolutely a POWERFUL phone,... moreTotally agree, i think that the stability issue of android is because, the os have to use A engine to run Java, there is the problem For me , with iOS , the apps runs from the core of the system

                          • ?
                          • Anonymous
                          • uNV
                          • 22 Jul 2011

                          That doesn't make any sense. Apple phones are too expensive, still Nokia phones are Best in Hardware & build quality. So Nokia'll come back with Win Mo & meeGO

                            • r
                            • rebel
                            • 3Tu
                            • 22 Jul 2011

                            Who wants smartphone doesn't buy nokia.symbian sells big numbers but buyers don't know that owning smartphone so real results are 20mil to 1 for Apple

                              • D
                              • AnonD-3678
                              • txI
                              • 22 Jul 2011

                              HTC & Samsung fails to make WP7 a big hit. So, how will Nokia able to do that, especially with Elop inside. Basic ingredient for touch screen smartphone is multitouch and kinetic scrolling. Symbian^3 already has that plus real multi tasking and offline friendly. Nokia should taking down Elop rather than Symbian.

                                • D
                                • AnonD-3678
                                • txI
                                • 22 Jul 2011

                                AnonD-588, 22 Jul 2011Come on Nokia you can beat easily Apple by launching Window... moreThat's not going to happen while Elop is still inside.

                                  • ?
                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Jx2
                                  • 22 Jul 2011

                                  People who work at Apple are just normal humans like us and not some sort of hyperspace superintellectual Brain-gods. All I trying to say with this is, that people who buy things, because there is a Logo on it, arent really the smartest ones, because if you open up your iDevice, there is no special starlight hidden in there, there is just normal electronics and it aint even that special, people only buy because of looks, thats what makes apple successfull, because it looks good in the eyes of a normal person, but that person actually doesnt even need a Smartphone. I dont think iPhone is a Smartphone, more a Slavephone, because a Smartphone lets you do stuff and doesnt restrict them.

                                    • S
                                    • S.Sri
                                    • nxM
                                    • 22 Jul 2011

                                    AnonD-588, 22 Jul 2011Come on Nokia you can beat easily Apple by launching Window... moreBeing a diehard fan is okay but closing all faculties to reality is a crying shame. Apple, Samsung with their Galaxy series & HTC with their HTC Sensation along with EVO and even LG Optimus for that matter are far far ahead. Unless some miracle happens Nokia will be pushed out of the market in the very near future. Try the above mentioned phones and you will never ever think of going back to Nokia.

                                      • ?
                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Jx2
                                      • 22 Jul 2011

                                      ALonZo, 22 Jul 2011Nokia + smartphones = it only caters for certain people but... moreNot true at all...

                                      1. Nokia could do really reallcy good. They had a really bad start, thats right, but when Nokia does one thing right, its done and noone can stop them.

                                      2. I really cant get, what makes iOS so premier... Its smooth, but it also is only a Appdrawer and nothing more. The apps arent better as well. Almost every developer, who has had success in Appstore, has at least ported its apps to android and a lot are not needed, due to flash support. You got homescreens on Android, which you dont have on iOS and Homescreens are really important, but I already know, that now a lot of iDevicefans will say, Homescreens are not important. If Apple would make the next iPhone without cellphone capabilities, most iDevicefans would say, that it doesnt need it, that they dont use cellphones, which is just really insane...

                                      Why, please tell me why, not even 1 person can tell me, what makes iOS superior, other than, that it is supreme, because to be supreme, it has to offer something, that makes it supreme, and there is nothing like that, ok theres is one thing though, it has no bad looks, i give it that much, but not more. If anyone buys a Computer, it counts, what that device is capable of and seen at this point of view, the iPhone is far from supreme.

                                      It isnt really that hard, to make an OS smooth, if it cant even do real multitasking and has just an appdrawer, thats all iOS is... In my eyes iOS isnt even a full OS and talking about looks of it, Android just looks much nicer with its live-backgrounds, but yeah right, thats no innovation (but if apple would have been first with live-backgrounds, it would be true innovation)

                                        • D
                                        • AnonD-14639
                                        • 75s
                                        • 22 Jul 2011

                                        hey guys, in september 2012 everything will be change i suppose,, it will be true somehow, because windows 8 will introduce that time which it is compatible for smartphones ,, tablets,, & so on,,think about 2years ago when windows 7 for pc introduced, it was change the microsoft popularity,, so i believe it will be big revolution again in tablets and subsequently in smartphones!!