IDC Q3 report is out, Samsung overtakes Apple in smartphones

04 November, 2011
Samsung overtakes Apple in global smartphone shipment, Nokia goes down quite badly.

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  • AnonD-1082
  • kJX
  • 04 Nov 2011

[deleted post]No, no, no. Things are looking brighter for Nokia and you will witness the dawn of Nokia's second golden age. Nokia will be back on top and they will release Android killers after Android killers. WP is far better than Android and people will soon realize that fact.

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    • AnonD-1906
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    • 04 Nov 2011

    Nokia Sucks, 04 Nov 20112012 will be Nokia's year because that will be the year the... moreLOL real talk!!

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      • Galiakoti
      • L2N
      • 04 Nov 2011

      See for the normal user security of data like contacts and photos or some else is not a big issue,,, what a normal user do surf web watch video take photos,,, why would somebody will put their all atention on security,,,, a smart phone user is so smart that he will not do much banking on smart phone,,,, so personally I like more friendly version like android than apple IOS ,,, I wont mind if somebody will hack my phone and data,,,(after hack..hacker will have headache) I dont keep any of important info on my phone,, son unnecessary paying lot to iphone is not a smart thing

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        • cappotchino
        • iA0
        • 04 Nov 2011

        it doesn't depend on quantity, it depends on quality.making a cheaper mobile can bring numbers ;)

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          • AnonD-29054
          • 0kG
          • 04 Nov 2011

          This is the era of Sammy it will last depends on their way off work with costumers, and the way witch apple is chaining its costumers who are awaking from the past of iphone legacy

            AnonD-12210, 04 Nov 2011as always ,only time will tell . U kids here dont understan... moreI am not a kid, and I had a Nokia phone before. In the past they were very good, but now this has changed. Now Samsung is the future, HTC and Motorola.

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              • nexus
              • iB4
              • 04 Nov 2011

              that the era of sammy, supporting it the awareness of people who's not blinded by the iphone legacy anymore.

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                • Sam
                • KIc
                • 04 Nov 2011

                I think Nokia will surely take the 2nd place in a few months on the basis of their WP.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • MQK
                  • 04 Nov 2011

                  darkangels6sic6, 04 Nov 2011Wow.....lol....you are so misguided. Do you realize that if... moreI believe it is you that is misguided my friend.

                  If Samsung had this "unheard of" technology it would already have placed it inside its flagship devices such as the SGS2 or the Note.

                  Whilst I laud Samsung's acheivements in the market and am a fan of a lot of their devices. The fact is that they are doing so well BECAUSE they have several models of phone across all price brackets.

                  their best selling individual device, the sgs2, still lags way behind the iphone 4 on sales alone. But combined with sales of lower priced smartphones such as the other miriad galaxy models like the Ace etc, they sell more than any other company.
                  It's still a great acheivement but I doubt if they sold only one model of phone they would be anywhere near the top of the list.

                  But then variety is the spice of life & it's good that they sell several models catering for several tastes/budgets.

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                    • AnonD-5197
                    • qbY
                    • 04 Nov 2011

                    Who cares about sales! As long as they deliver great products, it's all good. Enjoying SGSII.

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                      • AnonD-21739
                      • vCX
                      • 04 Nov 2011

                      People lets just get ths straight itz THE GOOGLE we r tlkng here..hell peple evn search hw to commit sucide on google...i can guarantee u all google would b the supreme co. In technology....
                      REPENT NOKIA GOOGLE IS NEAR:-D:-D

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                        • AnonD-29045
                        • t7X
                        • 04 Nov 2011

                        yes u are orrect iphone hold only 3-4 phone samsing have 5-6 units..

                        have you noticed ip4/ip4s priced doubled the price of s2...

                        they not only count it by quantity...


                        gratz samsung

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                          • Anonymous
                          • vGT
                          • 04 Nov 2011

                          [deleted post]Me using Android on Galaxy S2 and WP7 on Omnia. Android is nothing as compared to WP7. Taking consideration of the ages of OS also... WP7 is more integrated and better to use.

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                            • AnonD-12210
                            • 7tL
                            • 04 Nov 2011

                            Mobilemaster, 04 Nov 2011Just relax kid, because Samsung will eat your Nokia! :)) Sa... moreas always ,only time will tell . U kids here dont understand why nokia is so important .., bcoz u hv been grown up with itoys n its copies ( sammy) , so grow up! All what u see on a phöne , is due to nokia .

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                              • Anonymous
                              • JK%
                              • 04 Nov 2011

                              Nokia is dead. Nobody in their right mind will buy Wondows phones...what is this the 12. century?

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                                • Uncle Sam
                                • kBP
                                • 04 Nov 2011

                                If samsung only had 3 models of phones like apple has, they would've never pass Apple. Apple shipped more iphones last year than all samsung phones ever made. So you are comparing 3 iphones vs 30 samsung phones. My point is that not one model of any samsung or Htc phones for that matter has never beaten one model of iphone. And i know that a lot of you also agree when i say that samsung phones are over-rated.

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                                  • ed
                                  • 2DS
                                  • 04 Nov 2011

                                  AnonD-26818, 04 Nov 2011Do you know how dumb it makes you look when you say somethi... moreI think you've mistaken what samsung is actually known for. To many yes samsung is an electronic power house but they don't just manufacture electronics of various kinds, they also have their own credit line for banking and their successful market of manufacturing semi-coductors and heck, they even make cars in Korea. So to say that Samsung would destroy Apple if they focused on one handset is totally biased and opinionated by what you know. Samsung has always been a bigger company than apple. It seems like being competitive in different markets and satisfying different groups of customers, (High class, middle class, low class) and so forth would be a daunting tast but an effective one since Samsung has surpassed Apple by doing just that. Yes you may argue that Nokia has also followed this route and is slowly failing but thats simply the case of being slow to act upon business transactions. Nokia was too busy focusing on their own OS that they didn't realize how much potential android was goin to be such a big hit and looky here now they've decided to scrap their own UI and opt for the windows platform. Samsung capitalized on this and is now trying or shall i say in the middle of building and refining their own platform (bada) by taking ques from android and ios. Its a matter of adaptability and refinement. As Bruce Lee once said, “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.” So far, things are lookin great for samsung~

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                                    • willstay
                                    • Px0
                                    • 04 Nov 2011

                                    Success of iPhone goes to iOS not the number of phones made by Apple or Samsung. Technically, physical aspects of iPhones are Samsung/LG components. So Android is Samsung's success story combined with AMOLED technology.

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                                      • bio
                                      • fm3
                                      • 04 Nov 2011

                                      well i think nokia are up to a big challenge here , samsung shipped millions of galaxy s ii and nokia has been using symbian operating system for too long , the only thing that can put them back on track if their windows phones can increase their market share , hate to see them like this , always have been a nokia fanboy

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • nuF
                                        • 04 Nov 2011

                                        AnonD-2592, 04 Nov 2011Honestly Nokia needs to investigate the past of its CEO, mu... moreLOL! He is aMS insider.