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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Dayman, 19 Dec 2012Actually, Windows is the only OS that has a chance of growi... moreSorry to burst your bubble, but actually Lumia 920 is the best smartphone on the market, it got best smartphone award...

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    • 19 Dec 2012

    Anonymous, 19 Dec 2012Whatever apple will always lose because it does't make any ... moreYou're wrong iphone make low end phone and high end price.

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      • 19 Dec 2012

      Ru, 19 Dec 2012Carol you mention that NOKIA is not best in the quality. we... moreIn fact, that was a reply to my post. i've said that Nokia makes the best build quality;). pay more attention to what you read.

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        • 19 Dec 2012

        Anonymous, 19 Dec 2012Buy an S3 or a Note 2... then you will know.... features fo... morederes no way am getting either of the two..just love ma sense 4.1..am just gonna wait for htc to release sense 5.0 ux

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          • 19 Dec 2012

          AnonD-252, 19 Dec 2012There are no real malware for Android on Google Play, and e... moreI agree... There are some Samsung apps that I would like to delete and I use go launcher instead of touchwiz but I have a lot more options and features on my note 2 than I did on my nexus 10. The "pure" android thing is way over rated.

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            • 19 Dec 2012

            AnonD-77544, 19 Dec 2012Yes man u r absolutely right, I totaly agree with you.... ... moreI use a note 2 but I can't stand touch wizz.... Way to clunky and hard to use. That said it does add a lot of features not found on a "pure" android device.

            The good thing with android is you can install your own launcher and customise your phone as you want. I am using go launcher and it looks and feels awesome.

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              • 19 Dec 2012

              When a normal key-ph, 19 Dec 2012I will not buy Nokia till they make normal medium or high e... moreSorry granddad but physical keys have gone the way of the dodo.... U will be waiting a while.

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                • 19 Dec 2012

                I will not buy Nokia till they make normal medium or high end phone with keys not touchscreen because i need it

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                  • 19 Dec 2012

                  Integral of (general quality+beauty +intelligent design+value for money+good customer service+lightweigt design+product lifespan+allround consistency+technology generosity+very high customer product satisfaction after purchase) dx=SAMSUNG + K, where K is a constant, which mean king of mobile phone manufacturers. Samsung is unarguably the best, Period.

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                    • 19 Dec 2012

                    Nokia will be back on top. If this phone will use both android and windows then goodbye samsung. Nokia is still the best in manufacturing phones..the only problem is that they were so late in making smartphones and windows is still starting. after a year we will see whose on top. LUMIA SERIES ROCKS!

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                      • 19 Dec 2012

                      samsung is the top shipper of mobile phone but they are not the top seller.. hahaha

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                        • fuN
                        • 19 Dec 2012

                        Samsung just shipping phones.
                        there are alot of samsung phones stocked in our market here.
                        People not buying them.

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                          • 19 Dec 2012

                          AnonD-44163, 19 Dec 2012sumsung will not lead for a long time there are millions of... moreYeah, right... ;D Then keep on using your 5 year old symbian phones... I've had a couple of symbian phones, they sucked, if I were you i'd rather update to wp8 if you have to stick up with Nokia. ;D But serioulsy, let's be honest, Android and iOS are dominating here. While personally I'd think Android is the best OS, but some people just want iPhones cause they think they look "stylish"... ;D

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                            • 19 Dec 2012

                            AnonD-44163, 19 Dec 2012sumsung will not lead for a long time there are millions of... moreActually, Windows is the only OS that has a chance of growing. And as long as Nokia only makes Windows, and Samsung makes both Android AND Windows, they will stay on top for a long time... that's even IF windows gets huge... That said, I do like both nokia and samsung a lot, I just use an s3 becuase its the best right now...

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                              • 19 Dec 2012

                              sumsung will not lead for a long time there are millions of people who are still using symbian phones dating even 5 years back and are waiting for nokia to manufacture reasonable smartphones, asha series phones are doing their intended work in the lower end

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                                • 19 Dec 2012

                                AnonD-91058, 19 Dec 2012pls i want to know the main selling point of samsung fonesBuy an S3 or a Note 2... then you will know.... features for days... features not found on other androids, let alone windows or crappy iphone... Motorola atrix hd is also pretty innovative... But Samsung is number one for a reason, obviously....

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                                  • 19 Dec 2012

                                  Apple has no innovation! thats why! APPLE can only do Siri and Icloud... Thats it... Wait Android did those for years with APPS.. Apple only has simple UI... wait thats cuz it DOESNT DO ANYTHING... ANDROID Does waaayyy more!!! cheaper, with better specs... Samsung is number 1 because they are the best... Thats all there is to it. just look at the numbers...

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                                    • 19 Dec 2012

                                    I'm a nokiafan but I tend to disagree with fellow nokians when they say nokia maps are better than google maps, nokia maps don't even have my home town somewhere in africa while with google maps I can see my house and when I search markets centres it will find them, nokia maps can't even find major towns in my country.though nokia is ahead with offline maps

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                                      • 19 Dec 2012

                                      fm , 19 Dec 2012Samsung tops because of android and nothing else. just a copycat.That's just stupid what you said....The hypocrites at Apple are king at copying and pretending to innovate... Samsung just makes THE BEST ANDROIDS, clearly. By your pathetic logic, all companies are copying just because they are running an OS... The beauty of Andriod is that everybody can come up with an app and all andriod users can take advantage of the innovative ideas... then like a year later, Apple can do it too... Who is copying who again?

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                                        • 19 Dec 2012

                                        Anonymous, 19 Dec 2012yyyyyyeah...you're "right" because when icrap cam... moreActually there was Nokia way before Iphone or any other with that overrated technology. The not so true innovation, icrap touchscreen stolen idea... take a look at Nokia 7700 (2003) also Nokia 7710. People weren't ready for this kind of devices.

                                        http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/flow/item/15468_A_2012_sighting_of_the_Nokia_7.php.

                                        http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304388004577531002591315494.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle

                                        Also Nokia planed to release bigger internet tablets (there were already nokia 770, n800 and n810). Just that there weren't enough tech lovers to invest in such things. Back, then sliders and all this type of slim crap were in vogue. This herd bragging about samdung now, had no clue what a smartphone was or looked like. They were proud of that crapp Motorola RAZR V3 or samdumb while nokia and sony pushed smartphones. Also this guy's have no clue that this tech they praise so much is old Nokia or sony innovation. It is just pathetic. i had Bluetooth 10 years ago and this guys are like: Look, true innovation! I have bluetooth and can transfer files over the air! Pathetic! Just like with NFC...
                                        When there was smartphone technology pushed out the market for real tech geeks like SonyEricsson , p900, p910, P990i, nokia 7650, 3650, and all communicators, they were like: OOOh look at my Sam s410. Oh, it has midi tones, wow look at mine man, how slim it is. So now, others are making money from Nokia's back and The HEARD. You should be glad Nokia is still here, cause without it. There will be nothing but lawsuits... Innovation my a**