Canalys: China is now a bigger smartphone market than the US

03 May, 2012
Android runs on two thirds of the smartphones shipped in China during the first quarter of 2012.

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  • 03 May 2012

Anonymous, 03 May 2012Im not a hardcore fan,reason im siding android is because m... moreSure, Sure , Sure. You're not a fanboy *wink*wink*. You just take it upon yourself to defend a particular brand while throwing around insults about those who support the other brand because...???? Your naturally altruistic nature, right?

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    • 03 May 2012

    I am fed up to see comments, that now almost each and every articles is flooded with Nokia fanboys and haters. Come On guys! Get a life. Choose the best product, according to ur requirement. Stop bashing companies. U guys are not a part of any company. You did nothing in developing a phone. No company begs to u, to buy their phones. So choose whatever u want. And discuss here what u feel with the phone. Don't like that my Droid can do that, ur WP can't. My Symbian can do that, ur droid can't do that. Nothing is perfect in the world.

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      • n%n
      • 03 May 2012

      Frustrated fanboyz?, 03 May 2012I am different. I don't worship a particular brand. The fac... moreCuz I get b0r3d sometimez. Working all day and always being connected to the internet doesn't really help.

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        • 03 May 2012

        AnonD-27765, 03 May 2012As if you're any different. You're username denotes flaming.I am different. I don't worship a particular brand. The fact that I'm a Samsung user now doesn't mean I'm a Samsung user tomorrow. I love trying out stuff. My next secondary phone will be a different brand for example.

        About my nickname, yes carefully chosen and with reason. Sometimes and at random moments I enjoy a good troll. Nothing personal, just wanna see how people react.

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          • 03 May 2012

          As if you're any different. You're username denotes flaming.

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            • n%n
            • 03 May 2012

            AnonD-27765, 03 May 2012Some people are just slow or plain stupid. Or they think th... moreA typical fanboy trait. They're easily angered. Every insult to the brand/os whatever they're supporting is taken on a highly personal level.

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              • Anonymous
              • IWP
              • 03 May 2012

              Anonymous, 03 May 2012Oh nooo. Because YOU never do that in the Nokia articles. ... moreIm not a hardcore fan,reason im siding android is because many of Nokia real hardcore fans come on EVERY android article giving ALOT of lame facts like your buddy who said android is cheap.WE HEARD IT MANY TIMES AND WE GET IT.GET IT INTO YOUR DUMB BRAINS.Thanks.

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                AnonD-24171, 03 May 2012Good for Samsung and Apple Both have great quality build e... moreAll iPhones are made in China just in case you still don't know by now!

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                  • 03 May 2012

                  Some people are just slow or plain stupid. Or they think that anyone that is different from them is coming at them. What the OS has done to these people! This is not just about Nokia. My rant goes out to all products that are being manufactured in China. Even Nokia's products nowadays are being manufactured there and I despise it. My point is you no longer get the genuine and top-notch quality of devices today as it was in yesteryear because almost everything now is made in China. Well. I really cannot blame you if you tend to overlook these things as what I've said, you wouldn't know what the difference of a device made in Finland, Japan or USA is to a China-made REGARDLESS of the brand and OS if all that you've used are China-made. This is not about OS war you stupid Android warfreaks!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • mc6
                    • 03 May 2012

                    Anonymous, 03 May 2012As usual,those unhappy nokia fanboys will come and continue... moreOh nooo. Because YOU never do that in the Nokia articles. Riiiiight? haha. Hardcore fanboys like you always miss the irony.

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                      • AnonD-24171
                      • fqd
                      • 03 May 2012

                      Good for Samsung and Apple
                      Both have great quality build except the third one known with cheap quality build

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                        • 03 May 2012

                        not surprising, seeing how there are literally hundreds of android models out there, from samsung, htc to unknown chinese fakes.
                        no one can compete with that, especially nokia and apple with a handful of models.
                        the difference is however, that those cheap chinese androids contribute to the overall market share, but their quality is appalling.

                        so, android fanboys - you can be proud of that.
                        but as always, quantity almost never equals quality, although there are mighty fine androids out there...

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                          • IWP
                          • 03 May 2012

                          AnonD-27765, 03 May 2012Anything that's made in China is of low quality. Sadly, 90%... moreOh yeah another fact,ive used Nokia 5530 Xpressmusic i'd like to say it has TERRIBLE sound quality and the build is worse,i accidentally dropped it once and it cracked the whole screen so bad like those iphone,2 years later i moved on to Xperia X8,its a small device but it sounds HELL alot BETTER and i did drop it for fun,it just have a few dents and scratches,no screen crack.no offence,JUST SAYING.

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                            • n%n
                            • 03 May 2012

                            Anonymous, 03 May 2012Indeed im a happy Sony Xperia user.PROBLEM?Don't try to reason with fanboys, especially Nokia ones. They're stuck in their own world, looking down on everyone else, or doing their best to. They're so caught up in it, they're not even realizing that the rest of the world is in fact looking down upon them.

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                              • fXu
                              • 03 May 2012

                              well it was only a matter of time. china does have the larger population of the two countries

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                                • Anonymous
                                • IWP
                                • 03 May 2012

                                AnonD-27765, 03 May 2012Anything that's made in China is of low quality. Sadly, 90%... moreIndeed im a happy Sony Xperia user.PROBLEM?

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                                  • 03 May 2012

                                  Anonymous, 03 May 2012As usual,those unhappy nokia fanboys will come and continue... moreYou were right indeed. ;)

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                                    Anonymous, 03 May 2012As usual,those unhappy nokia fanboys will come and continue... moreAnything that's made in China is of low quality. Sadly, 90% of all electronic products nowadays are assembled in China as production cost is also low when done there. China is the cheap version of Japan and the US. China is all about quantity, but never about quality. International companies prefer their products to be manufactured there as it not only save them a lot of money in production cost, but China can also give them virtually large amounts of supply at the fastest rate possible, but of course, at the toll of degraded quality. If you're happy with your cheap-looking and low-quality Android device, you wouldn't mind it being manufactured there. I've had a lot of Nokia phones Made in Finland so I know exactly what the difference is.

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                                      • Bryan
                                      • t75
                                      • 03 May 2012

                                      I hope they dont overtake the productions of mobile phones. If that happened you will be returning phones with factory defects until you get the right one. Geesh..

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • IWP
                                        • 03 May 2012

                                        As usual,those unhappy nokia fanboys will come and continue trolling and annoying people with their lame facts.just wait for it.