Apple and Samsung made 55% of smartphone shipments in Q1 2012

15 June, 2012
The two rivals split 90% of the profits in the quickly growing market segment for the same period.

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  • TK4
  • 17 Jun 2012

jm, 16 Jun 2012to make it simple SONY is better than apple and samsung ... moreno chance. Their PS Vita hardly sells while the phones are practically a joke

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    • Anonymous
    • TK4
    • 17 Jun 2012

    Anonymous, 17 Jun 2012Apple = pie Apple = fruit Apple = supermarket Apple = Newtonan apple a day keeps the doctor away

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      • Anonymous
      • IVW
      • 17 Jun 2012

      AnonD-491, 16 Jun 2012Whatever! The name 'Samsung' still makes me think of Air Co... morechange your name to Amen. .....

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        • AnonD-57006
        • P@1
        • 17 Jun 2012

        Yeah boy... SONY will gonna be if not 3rd, well maybe on the 4th! Yeah until we get through the top of the chain!

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          • Anonymous
          • tR6
          • 17 Jun 2012

          AnonD-491, 16 Jun 2012Whatever! The name 'Samsung' still makes me think of Air Co... moreApple = pie
          Apple = fruit
          Apple = supermarket
          Apple = Newton

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            • Anonymous
            • t7x
            • 17 Jun 2012

            AnonD-491, 16 Jun 2012Whatever! The name 'Samsung' still makes me think of Air Co... moreyeah...when i hear the name samsung...all i think are just refrigerator, washing machine..and i'll never buy samsung cellphone...it just sucks when people ask..whats your phone??and you answer: samsung..what??!!!!!so cheap...it is also like LG...it is just my preference..sony, htc, apple, blackberry are my choices..

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              • AnonD-57790
              • 0IB
              • 17 Jun 2012

              HTC and LG must be there

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                • Sudips12609s
                • tYV
                • 16 Jun 2012

                APPLE. The god of mobile phone. Superb camera, excellent audio and display.. Very good battery backup( iPhone 4S). And the iOS.. Oh god, plz bring the iPhone 5 and make history in universe.. Attention Samsung users, get ready to sale out ur old Samsung phone. Apple rocks.......

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                  • vassbak
                  • pVj
                  • 16 Jun 2012

                  AnonD-491, 16 Jun 2012Whatever! The name 'Samsung' still makes me think of Air Co... moreHaHa you make me laugh...Please wakeup Samsung is the king of smartphone market. In few YouTube from now Samsung will be the synonym of mobile phones. Change your thought mu man...

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                    • Kushal
                    • ttd
                    • 16 Jun 2012

                    Yes....sony..will rock the world..great UI...never seen before.....SONY just ricks....

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                      • Used to like SE
                      • mfY
                      • 16 Jun 2012

                      I always liked SE but got of the "wagon" after the g900 when they didn't know what the hell they were doing and were messing about doing crap with the first xperia phones...

                      The X2 was dead before it hit the shelves... releasing it with way too crappy specs... (X2 110 MB storage, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM) I' mean f.eks the omnia 2 that was released before the X2 had 2/8/16 GB storage!!!

                      No matter what they always had (at least) one thing that makde their phones a "no deal" low internal memory... f.ex when choosing between SGS and X10

                      SGS: 8 GB/16GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 2GB ROM vs. X10: 1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM... EASY choise = SGS

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                      SGS2: 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM, dual core vs. seXarc: 320 MB storage (I mean C'MON!!!), 512 MB RAM, Single core... Again easy choise (despite the cool SE phone name) ;-)

                      "Once they finalize ONE SONY in the market you will see all SONY FEATURES IN ONE GADGET -walkman -alpha -cybershot -playstation..." ME LIKEY!!! IF they get it right this time... c'mon sony lots of ram, storage, cores, and heaps of conectivity etc. then I might be on your side again ;-)

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                        • AnonD-491
                        • 9AZ
                        • 16 Jun 2012

                        Whatever! The name 'Samsung' still makes me think of Air Conditioners and Microwave Ovens! Mobile phones doesn't go hand-in-hand with Samsung!

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                          • vjr
                          • 16 Jun 2012

                          I can only say, Samsung and Apple are both great in marketing. They manage to get a loyal fan base out there. Do they really have the best phone? It's disputable, but they do have the best sales. And often, people thinks best sales = best phone, which is not the case actually. I observed that a lot of people are buying phones, especially for the case of SGS II and SGS III, are by word of mouth. But then again, when I have a SGS III, of course I will tell you it's the best, and not giving a fair comparison with other phones in the market. So in a way, majority of the buyers, who actually doesn't know much about phone, are influenced to buy what they hear is good.

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                            • Dave
                            • 3G@
                            • 16 Jun 2012

                            Ha Nokia have no chance now. 808 is dead before it's out.

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                              • AnonD-56684
                              • U{u
                              • 16 Jun 2012

                              AnonD-43918, 16 Jun 2012I like both samsung galaxy s2 and iphone 4s the problem ... moreU sold away iphone 4s n gs2 to be with galaxy mini?seems a bit hard to digest.atleast boast something within limits.u don't own any of those devices it's pretty obvious.

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                                • ashu14100
                                • YTL
                                • 16 Jun 2012

                                give some time to sony and then see the results......sony is going to rock in future due to its emerging nature......just wait and watch

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                                  • AnonD-14560
                                  • sxd
                                  • 16 Jun 2012

                                  Again, where is HTC? Is it going down soon?

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                                    • AnonD-43918
                                    • JaE
                                    • 16 Jun 2012

                                    I like both samsung galaxy s2 and iphone 4s

                                    the problem is that most android devices are the same with only minor differences in hardware. i started hated my samsung galaxy s2 when it was upgraded to ics, that was when all the problems started and God Save Ebay and i sold it both. iphone 4s i like it only because most apps are much smoother than android. but i hate it cuz it is alot slower than galaxy s2.

                                    at the moment i am using galaxy mini and cant wait to get a new phone cuz it is bloody slow. i am not going for galaxy s3 as it looks crap and it is too big and has useless extra features.

                                    the point is both companies are good but other companies like sony, htc. lg, moto and nokia also has good products. i am either waiting for WP8 from Nokia or Iphone 5 or a new Jellybeans device from google

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                                      • 3JK
                                      • 16 Jun 2012

                                      Anonymous, 16 Jun 2012Name me one brand that is making better phones than Apple a... moreto make it simple SONY is better than apple and samsung

                                      what is missing about SONY is their ONE SONY strategy. Once they finalize ONE SONY in the market you will see all SONY FEATURES IN ONE GADGET
                                      -walkman
                                      -alpha
                                      -cybershot
                                      -playstation
                                      -bravia
                                      -vaio

                                      etc

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 3xx
                                        • 16 Jun 2012

                                        Problem is the competition just isn't up to it...

                                        HTC = Nice designs (inc. UI) but lacks some features (microSD slot + removable battery) and not the best hardware.
                                        LG = Generally poorer than the rest, poor customer support but is cheaper than the rest.