Android and Samsung build on their market shares in Q3 2012

14 November, 2012
According to Gartner, Android powered some 72.4% of smartphones soled in Q3 of this year.

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  • 15 Nov 2012

never trust any figures you didn't set up yourself! can't imagine 73 million users purchasing Nokia phones without any OS!!!???

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    • Anonymous
    • utu
    • 15 Nov 2012

    Nicko, 15 Nov 2012I didn't know Samsung made shoes.... ;)From your comment, I can make out that you are a typical (cr)apple fan boy. You didn't see apple's market share go down! you saw samsung's sales go up and you were sad. So you just got your frustration by posting such silly, meaningless comments. Grow up apple fan boys. Support Technology. Not that 'Crap' apple. Samsung is the best. Suddenly people will see apple's sales go down and That of samsung go up. Apple is crap. It is $#!+. Grow up crapple fan boys!

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      • 2I6
      • 15 Nov 2012

      Anonymous, 15 Nov 2012Soon, in the coming years, when Samsung share grows bigger ... morethat's the beauty of Android, you still get lots of choice from other brand. If ios monopolize the market, we're dooomed as there's only one company to supply the hardware.

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        • Jawad Younas
        • syv
        • 15 Nov 2012

        I love samsung Galaxy note 2 ... because having a bigger screen,quade core with 2gb ram .... what i dont like in it, is low ppi pixel density . clearing ram and some time laging in HD games ..... i like iphone for its smoothness in games while having only 512 ram and another thing which i like in iphone is that not clearing ram and go smooth ... and last,its quality of the body of iphone . but i m android user, love android and love Samsung ....but samsung should iprove these things which i mentioned above . Thank u :)

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          • Anonymous
          • PEW
          • 15 Nov 2012

          The only reason Samsung's Sales Figure are rampant compared to it's counterparts is they know the definition of technology which means to move on and not like those of other mobile phone manufacturers who are stuck to primitive. Hats off to Google who created such a wonder that induced even manufactures like RIM to get inspired.

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            • blueglue
            • 9LY
            • 15 Nov 2012

            Thephonegeek, 15 Nov 2012By daily interest, this should be the chart. 1. Lg nexus 4... moreJust curious, How did you conclude the list?
            Love to learn about the stats

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              • Nicko
              • PZc
              • 15 Nov 2012

              I didn't know Samsung made shoes.... ;)

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                • Anonymous
                • IaH
                • 15 Nov 2012

                Soon, in the coming years, when Samsung share grows bigger and bigger, we'll see their phones prices shoot up.

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                  • Thephonegeek
                  • uNV
                  • 15 Nov 2012

                  By daily interest, this should be the chart.
                  1. Lg nexus 4
                  2. Nokia Lumia 920
                  3. Htc Droid DNA
                  4. Apple Iphone 5
                  5. Samsung note 2.
                  Fix it gsmarena.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • uRE
                    • 15 Nov 2012

                    I still feel apple have its merits, even if its UI look old compared to the rest.

                    The following features of iphone is hard to compete
                    1. Airplay - ( compared to upcoming 4.2 android mirroring .. which is not good .. what is the use to mirror the screen on the hdtv when playing video?? should switch the screen off to conserve battery like airplay!)
                    2. Battery life
                    3. Clean way to close apps
                    4. No regret on chosen device because there is only 1.
                    5. Familiar, UI no change
                    6. Fast update, and high resell value of idevice.

                    But Samsung is trying to bring all those to android.. like allshare, task managers.. kies .. big battery on phones .. and now with android 4.1.2 touchwiz it already exceed iphone's features!

                    Whats the point of buying a nice looking phone with no features?.. end up covering it in casing so it does not matter! thats why samsung top .. and htc bottom!

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                      • afnan_88
                      • 3JL
                      • 15 Nov 2012

                      Sony is going to be in the list very soon . . .

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                        • Gavin_Is_A_Man
                        • iIR
                        • 15 Nov 2012

                        There are so many seriously competitive Android phones these days that I'm surprised iOS, Windows and Symbian even get a look in. If it wasn't for fear of trying something new, it's hard to see how many people would carry on with Apple. Today's society is impatient and demands instant results so many people seem to convince themselves that change from Apple to Android is somehow wrong or terrible. Put an iPhone 4 against a Sony Xperia U and it's sheer insanity to want the more expensive and basically archaic Apple, yet people are adamant - driven by fear.

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                          • Zony
                          • fqe
                          • 15 Nov 2012

                          Anonymous, 15 Nov 2012iphone has panorama mode. No other phone has this feature.... moreS3 and S2, S1 have and it released before IPhone 5

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                            • JeanXbit
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                            • 15 Nov 2012

                            Sorry to say apple took way to long to bring out the iphone 5 and then its not even a smash hit as expected , so andriod might claim over 80% of the market by the end of the year.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • GZ1
                              • 15 Nov 2012

                              iphone has panorama mode. No other phone has this feature. Buy ipone only.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • GZ1
                                • 15 Nov 2012

                                Please buy apple pones only. Samsung Phones are worst, they don't have features. It is marketing company. ipone is great.

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                                  • PHANDROID
                                  • XuQ
                                  • 15 Nov 2012

                                  Meego Takeover, 14 Nov 2012Totally agree. Samsung has taken away potential profits fo... moreAndroid =Skyrocket .None have a chance against it

                                  BTW Android 4.2 has a wonderfull gift app for you "DAYDREAM" :P

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • vwq
                                    • 15 Nov 2012

                                    Anonymous, 15 Nov 2012Samsung also put their best in wp8! ativ s is not bad phone... moreIt's no wonder that Android is King! Y? Simple, jst 2 words - FREEDOM n CHOICES! Freedom never loses popularity, but monopoly does!

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • uRE
                                      • 15 Nov 2012

                                      Anonymous, 15 Nov 2012Completely off? Do you not even see how hard HTC is pushing... moreSamsung also put their best in wp8! ativ s is not bad phone as well..

                                      All samsung phones have all basic features like decent screen size, sd slot, removable battery.. samsung apps etc etc. very good for a daily phone.

                                      The rest try to niche differently.. like htc going for looks / slim and screen quality.. but all failed.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • q8Q
                                        • 15 Nov 2012

                                        Anonymous, 14 Nov 2012You must hold your phone right way! You must buy lightni... moreLOLOL! Yes. What a cruel Irony