iSuppli: Samsung tops Nokia as the cellphone top dog in 2012

19 December, 2012
Meanwhile, Android is stronger than ever in China, with two-thirds of all smartphones there running the OS.

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  • 28 Dec 2012

AnonD-68354, 20 Dec 2012Oh! NOkia??? A company that created Symbian (sounds like Si... morestill nokia rulz

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    • 23 Dec 2012

    [deleted post]Alright, Mr. Smarty Pants "Hi Tech Gadget Geek", tell us have u ever used a NOkia N series marvel? You belie your own claim of being very savvy in such matters by the mere fact that you endorse a company like NOkia or a buggy, glitchy OS like Symbian (FYI although NOkia didn't originally "create" the Symbian OS, they were nonetheless the major contributors of the code which was maintained on their behalf by the Symbian Foundation n also NOkia were the ones who embraced it most) who've been known for their bloopers and are apparently so high up in the game that they had to fake the ads for their latest flagship brick's cam prowess??? Guess we all should have a good natured ho,ho at your tech expertise? After all, tis the season 2 be jolly, ain't it pal? Merry Christmas 2 you n hope u get your dream NOkia brick as a Christmas gift!

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      • 22 Dec 2012

      Anonymous, 20 Dec 2012Thank you for reminding me about the times when Nokia was f... morehandset is good but price is high

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        • 22 Dec 2012

        Anonymous, 21 Dec 2012Indeed, in that times you wouldn't know what to expect for ... more:)). Yes, unfortunately, That's about it!

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          • 21 Dec 2012

          Carol, 20 Dec 2012:)), Thank you for reminding me of that toilet seat :)). i ... moreIndeed, in that times you wouldn't know what to expect for newer products but now-bigger screens and no. of cores. "multitoilet business":))...funny and also sad and true at the same time but it's no secret samo and sueapple are scratching their hads off not knowing what to copy anymore, plasma phones are getting harder to fit in pockets:)...

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            • 21 Dec 2012

            AnonD-68354, 20 Dec 2012Oh! NOkia??? A company that created Symbian (sounds like Si... moreHi pal, I love this your post!!!! LOL, I laughed so much! :-)

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              • 20 Dec 2012

              Anonymous, 20 Dec 2012Thank you for reminding me about the times when Nokia was f... more:)), Thank you for reminding me of that toilet seat :)). i Wander if anybody bought that crapp:))). Anyway, i miss the days of rewarded innovation. Now Nokia is "scared" to invent something cause the multitoilet business got an eye on them: "let's see what this guys are doing, cause our 20 inch 20 cores toilets are getting old" :-J. Anyway, i had a good laugh, Thanx:)

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                • 20 Dec 2012

                AnonD-26174, 19 Dec 2012Samsung never ever innovative than the Japanese Samsung n... moreyup buddy!!!!!!!
                it's true and massively true...
                u can see poster/images of S3 in every mall/shop.
                they are like this wining the game..
                motorola razer is better then S3 in many aspects

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                  • 20 Dec 2012

                  still better then Windows Phone

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                    • 20 Dec 2012

                    AnonD-55345, 20 Dec 2012R u sure what you're sayin'? Samsung phones lasted for more... moreI agree, Smasung goes where the market is ...... along with HTC they embraced the android os and it was a huge success they are also now producing windows phones as well. Nokia although having the best phones(hardware) they were always slow to move in the software area and they might have missed the bus. They kept hanging on to symbian while the others were moving to android.

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                      • 20 Dec 2012

                      Anonymous, 20 Dec 2012Thank you for reminding me about the times when Nokia was f... moreOh! NOkia??? A company that created Symbian (sounds like Simian and behaved exactly like primates)- the crappiest OS probably ever made! I've used a NOkia N series phone b4 the Android-(Cr)Apple revolution and boy what a pain in the rear it was!!! You can't take a pic with their "brilliant" cam, everytime u click on the cam button it reverts 2 d homescreen n starts toggling between the homescreen n cam interface n their stupid service center noobs had only 1 fix-reinstalling the Simian OS n wiping off everything n of course it never worked! Messages, call logs, notes, reminders etc. always disappeared and everything froze and hung n the Finnish frozen delight needed infinite restarts everyday, jst 2 keep it goin and oh everytime u restarted the battery went 4m fully charged to abt 30% charge! That's NOkia n nothing's changed now-they made bricks back then n they make bricks now also! The fact is NOkia ruled monopolistically the cellphone universe when there was little or no solid competition around! Oh and NOkia also used an "OS" in their phones- the 1 n only Simian (Symbian) OS!

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                        • 20 Dec 2012

                        Anonymous, 20 Dec 2012Finally is official!!! even if people know it for a long ti... moreSamsung Gangnam Styles all d way 2 d top! Definitely, the numero uno electronics company on Earth ri8 now!

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                          • 20 Dec 2012

                          co-sign!!!

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                            • 20 Dec 2012

                            Anonymous, 20 Dec 2012Finally is official!!! even if people know it for a long ti... moreYeah true. Sammy rules

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 20 Dec 2012

                              Finally is official!!! even if people know it for a long time :-) Samsung looking Nokia from above! so please GSMArena can You be so kind to reorder the list of brand on the left of the page? It's probably 3-4 years now that Samsung, Apple and HTC they deserve the first three positions of the list.... the rest are bulls#@t! LOL
                              (the order of the list right now is kind of late '90) LOL

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                                • 20 Dec 2012

                                Anonymous, 20 Dec 2012Thank you for reminding me about the times when Nokia was f... morewhat a samsung hater.

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                                  • 20 Dec 2012

                                  AnonD-32581, 19 Dec 2012Sorry to burst your bubble, but actually Lumia 920 is the b... moreLol, u keep believing that

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                                    • 20 Dec 2012

                                    Anonymous, 19 Dec 2012Nokia stayed on top for 14 years. Samsung won't last there ... moreR u sure what you're sayin'? Samsung phones lasted for more many years. I have been using Samsung phone for the last three years. The reason is that it's affordable phones packed with more features and leads on giving color display at affordable price.

                                    Been using Nokia phone back in my college days but hilarious with mediocre features and black and white display and super high or expensive prices.

                                    Now I never regret from switching from Nokia to Samsung. I've been using Samsung feature phone for the last three years. And now I'm very to own a SGS3 that rocks.

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                                      • 20 Dec 2012

                                      Carol, 19 Dec 2012Actually there was Nokia way before Iphone or any other wit... moreThank you for reminding me about the times when Nokia was fighting with SonyEricsson:). Nowadays "inovation" equals putting an OS on everything and samy is the undisputed champion, a vacuum cleaner with android:)
                                      http://www.themobileindian.com/news/4921_Control-your-vacuum-cleaner-through-your-phone
                                      a refrigerator:), a camera with lagdroid for capturing splendid hamburgers and post the pictures immediately, or good for nature when you have 0G but you can take a picture at real angrybirds(not to mention at that price you can get a decent mirrorless camera). One remaining field uncovered seems to be toilet seats but samy is on it:) because they started that with their best phone evermade Samsung E410:)
                                      http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_e410-608.php
                                      meanwhile Nokia made smartphones starting with the 9000 Communicator back in '96. And craple wasn't even first at sueing samo, BlackBerry did that with SGH-i607-also known as Samsung BlackJack, now that's originality:). The sad thing is more people apreciate tvs with a gsmantena and loads of fartapps and call this inovation...

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                                        • 20 Dec 2012

                                        this proves you've never used a samsung phone. first of all , samsung phones have a lot of features, and with jely bean update even s2 users will get some of the s3 features like smart stay and direct call, you can google it , because i'm pretty sure you don't know what those are. People like you that talk trash about samsung and other android phones are people that don't use a phone for all it can do, they buy it only to call and text. The reason i chose android, samsung is because i searched a lot and it has plenty of features and the best ratio price/quality.
                                        So please people if you only use phones to talk and text don't talk about other phones trash. And the user to whom i wrote this clearly knows nothing about phones and features, if he knew i wouldn't be writing this now.