Canalys: Apple retakes second spot in Q3 global smartphone shipments

29 October 2021
Samsung shipped the most phones but the market still saw a 6% decline.

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  • 30 Oct 2021

lol Xiaomi was better than Apple? chinese power baby

    All this GLOATING from Apple fans on here hyping the most boring mobile OS in history. You need to jailbreak iOS just to make it interesting as an unrooted Android. Talking about Apple haters when you're hating on Android yourselves, the superior OS.

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      • Anonymous
      • xZI
      • 30 Oct 2021

      Anonimo, 30 Oct 2021How does Apple dominate if Samsung sells more???Samsung dominates the midrange and low end phone segment

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        • 2Bk
        • 30 Oct 2021

        Anonymous, 30 Oct 2021Did you know, that Apple have 3-th battery cell on the fron... moreLMFAO..what utter nonsense. iPhones haven’t had issues with battery department in years. They use smaller capacity and lasts far longer than comparable thrashdroid phones. What are you talking about?

        Worlds greatest salt mines truly on this website!!

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          • Anonymous
          • LiX
          • 30 Oct 2021

          Anonymous, 29 Oct 2021Now they won’t bash their heads again saying iPhones are no... moreDid you know, that Apple have 3-th battery cell on the front, just to be at least half as good in battery, compared to 100€ (good) Android phone. Thats why there is a, even in 2021 giant notch on the front☺

            With the competition gone by an American orange president, it is very strange to see an American company on the second position

              The Flip, 29 Oct 2021Google dominates the Internet. Apple dominates selling ta... moreHow does Apple dominate if Samsung sells more???

                Anonymous, 29 Oct 2021Google pays Apple over $10 billion to be the default search... morewhile true Apple user has more money, last data i saw Google earn pennies in mobile compare to desktop, like 5 years ago it was like 20% of its ad revenue from mobile and over 50% from pc.

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                  • Sk2
                  • 29 Oct 2021

                  AnonD-1024704, 29 Oct 2021https://m.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_has_sold_over_240_million_red... moreIt says in that article that up to May it was 200M
                  Even if up to February and if it's 2 quarters that be something 20M per quarter and that for only Note series while they have all types of series and also they sell a lot in different markets like one for China and one for India and then Europe. As a global market it's hard to believe these numbers of units sold. And it's not my favorite brand i have owned only 1 Xiaomi phone. If i go by what brand i have had most then that be Nokia as a total i have had over 10 different models starting from the times of 1610 and 2010 and then 2110. Only one Ericsson and one Sony Ericsson. Also one Samsung. So my favorite brand would be Nokia but i dont see this in that list. Also i even have had one Leagoo brand phone.

                  Also this quarter this scale is taken is the time Samsung and Apple come out with there new models so it makes sense to be in the top just to have the numbers to show off.

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                    • gns
                    • 29 Oct 2021

                    hmm, 29 Oct 2021How does this make sense. Xiaomi only have 44M phones sold.... morehttps://m.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_has_sold_over_240_million_redmi_note_phones_globally_will_soon_have_10000_stores-news-51626.php
                    If you read it you will find out it's counting from 2019
                    And yeah every thing is paid until your favorite company get the top spot
                    People really lack brain cells here

                      hmm, 29 Oct 2021How does this make sense. Xiaomi only have 44M phones sold.... more"and it was at 200M in May"

                      February actually, making at least two quarters.
                      24M each doesn't sound out of reality. And it actually puts into perspective that half of Xiaomi's sales are cheap phones.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 29 Oct 2021

                        The Flip, 29 Oct 2021Apple is competing against nobody with iOS. Android OEMs co... moreGoogle pays Apple over $10 billion to be the default search engine on Apple devices.

                        Google isn’t “letting” Apple users use their services. They need Apple users to use their services because of the amount of money Apple users command.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 6wN
                          • 29 Oct 2021

                          fanboy, 29 Oct 2021where are those Apple hatersI'm not a hater or a poor man. And I've used both. And android is better in all aspects. Continue wasting your money on Apple products and live with eyes closed.

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                            • Sk2
                            • 29 Oct 2021

                            How does this make sense. Xiaomi only have 44M phones sold.
                            There was a news about Redmi note series have 240M sold phones and it was at 200M in May so from May to today has got 40M added to it. What about other models they have like 20 different names with rebranding and everything ? How come they have not sold any other like all the Mi series and just redmi series or Poco series. How does this make sense ?

                            It seems to be one of these paid scales to show they have the numbers. Or they just sold a lot of phones to retailers and these phones actually are still mostly in some warehouses

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                              • gLn
                              • 29 Oct 2021

                              The Flip, 29 Oct 2021Apple is competing against nobody with iOS. Android OEMs co... moreiOS and Android aren't two huge different worlds basically 90% of them are same
                              You can bring this kinda of statement in android vs windows

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                                • CH9
                                • 29 Oct 2021

                                Only with 4 phones per year dominates, it is the real number 1

                                  Google dominates the Internet.
                                  Apple dominates selling tangible products.

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                                    • 29 Oct 2021

                                    Samsung customer service is shit! Love android otherwise. Been waiting on for a phone to get phone replaced even with care+. Customer service just going in circles

                                      AnonD-1024704, 29 Oct 2021And only by selling flagship devices They cannot be compar... moreApple is competing against nobody with iOS. Android OEMs compete with each other.

                                      If say no services can be found on any other Android smartphone except on Pixel, Google would be #1. There are billions who uses Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, GMaps, Google Photos, Google Voice, etc. But Google lets Apple users use their stuff.

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                                        • gLn
                                        • 29 Oct 2021

                                        fanboy, 29 Oct 2021where are those Apple hatersTo their logic apple is falling since 2012 and their OS is failure cuz they don't have split screen on 6 inch phone