Apple ships 52 million iPhones in Q4 2012

16 January, 2013
Despite rumblings of lower than expected iPhone demand, Apple had a very good holiday quarter.

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  • 17 Jan 2013

AnonD-88867, 16 Jan 2013Well Samsung sold 320 Million SmartPhones...Apple sells lik... moreSamsung fanboys spotted!

why fanboys must always defend? this article is about Apple,why have to bring in Samsung?

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    • Anonymous
    • IaH
    • 17 Jan 2013

    I still prefer iPhone's keyboaard to Samsung one. iPhone's keyboard more usable and allow me to have much less typo errors.

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      • Anonymous Phils
      • t7S
      • 17 Jan 2013

      Well guys i suggest you watch lockergnomes suggestion over youtube on which to pick, iOS or Android. It's really a matter of preference. You guys don't have to fight. I don't care if you switch to android or ios. As long as you're happy using the platform that you choose. If you're not happy then switch. Im an iphone5 user. It suits me. When mac people switch to windows, its painful. When windows peeps switch to mac, its painful too for a few months. If you guys can have both Os's go ahead.

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        • AnonD-69463
        • MPv
        • 17 Jan 2013

        Anonymous, 16 Jan 2013Clean s3 vs iphone .. S3 better battery life. A loaded s... moreI have no idea what you talk about, i have Note 2, fully loaded with applications and i hardly put it down, it serves 24 hours easily, i dare you find an iPhone that gives this number with half of my usage.

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          • AnonD-12453
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          • 17 Jan 2013

          Anonymous, 17 Jan 2013Surprised there is so much difference between computer OS v... moreits not the same with the pc os. people use pc to work, also playing games and stuff. the amount of stuff to do in pc is so large and wide it doesn't even matter if the os did not change at all except for fixing bugs. plus it doesn't had much rival out there to compare to. you'll see my point on the above.

          on the other hand, mobile phone is one of the things we carry all the time. to play games, to check the weather or to just open up, and scroll around when we had nothing to do. so seeing the same thing for years but nothing is change is really gonna get boring. ESPECIALLY if you see other phone that has soo much variety. people might even buying other phone rather than the iphone just for the sake of trying something new for a while.

          its not that the iphone is boring, but it will be after a few years and you look for an upgrade but still see the same thing again, it doesn't feel like you were buying a new phone.

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            • AnonD-79437
            • iLH
            • 17 Jan 2013

            Samsung s3 oh no what a stupid thing !!
            I had just been known its futures and its popularity through gsmarena both were looking incradeble high spec , high popularity thats all over " website " ,OK .
            HOWEVER when my cousin got one SGS3 i met with him and handed it ! What da hell ! From the firset touch it LAG'S !! Will you say that phone maybe full of memory and things like that i'll say you phone has only got my cousin's 400 contacts with hunderds of SMS in just few days with couple of videos and photos !! And not even any new app or game the phone in its stock status , i send a game called Bang Bang racing .. Its simple racing game but have some high 3D show.
            The Big boss SGS3 couldent even start the game with its Tegras GPU, while am using SE ARC S as an android user and the game is working.
            I would say CLEARLY that iPhone 4s or 5 are realy mutch better then other blastic rabish , except size of iphones screens which is not a big metter when u have smooth stable device and OS .

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              • AnonD-69463
              • MPv
              • 17 Jan 2013

              Few people around me bought this iPhone 5 (around 7 of them) and now only one is still holding his mobile as no one wants to buy it from him, if you go to any shop here you will find piles of iPhones, shipping doesn't mean "selling" them, they can ship from China any amount of iPhones they want but they will be stuck in the carriers storage rooms, this is a fact, i have friends in the electronics shops, they tell me for each iphone they sell 6 or more Samsung (of all kind) and not less than 3 of S3, this is my region Kuwait and GCC, and in fact if you look at malls or any where you will find more than 90% of people carrying S3 or any other Samsung device.

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                • Anonymous
                • PGX
                • 17 Jan 2013

                AnonD-101550, 17 Jan 2013Let's just say pretty much everything Buttt the iphone have... moreSurprised there is so much difference between computer OS vs mobile OS.

                (computer OS)
                Change = get bashed by customer (ie. windows 7 -> windows 8)

                (mobile OS)
                No Change = get bashed by fanboys (ie. iOS)

                Why change when its not broken? That UI interface is already so polished that it does not need much changes, anyway what makes an iphone a iphone is the apps!..

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                  • iSamsung Fan
                  • ALK
                  • 17 Jan 2013

                  lololol i feel like somebody told me to get lost. as if we are using crapple maps. lol.

                  and you might do that when you saw yesterday the $485 share drop and this http://www.sammobile.com/2013/01/16/dutch-court-says-no-injunction-on-galaxy-tabs/

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                    • AnonD-46560
                    • t1$
                    • 17 Jan 2013

                    [deleted post]you don't have an i5! I bet

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                      • AnonD-46560
                      • t1$
                      • 17 Jan 2013

                      35 million iphone 5 phones sold? Now this is the magic of apple and iPhone! Brilliant. No matter how samsung and these droid fans make noise, iPhone has it's own place, the top place!

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                        • AnonD-101550
                        • vu}
                        • 17 Jan 2013

                        Anonymous, 16 Jan 2013iphone fanboys should start asking one question. Why do we ... moreLet's just say pretty much everything Buttt the iphone have finally surpassed iphone's advantages (fluidity, high PPI, etc) - it's taken up till 2012-2013 to really prove this, which i think makes sense as to why the apple fans hold a valid point. That said, it is now time for Apple to step up and wow customers once again, otherwise if they remain on the same dull OS, limited 'customization (if any)', and little true-multitasking power, then most certainly the obvious winners will always be the new androids

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                          • Anonymous
                          • j@}
                          • 17 Jan 2013

                          AnonD-79590, 17 Jan 2013....and 42million of those are iPhone 3GS! 50million of tho... moreWhat on earth are you blabbering about? You Samsung fanboys get more senile as the days go by.

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                            • t7P
                            • 17 Jan 2013

                            AnonD-101751, 16 Jan 2013Yes - I love it. Nokia 920 is no doubt the best smartphone ... moreand nokia lumia 902 was the heaviest and thickest flagship phone these day..hehehe

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                              • AnonD-101933
                              • t7P
                              • 17 Jan 2013

                              and yes it was the heaviest and thickest flagship phone these day..hehehe

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                                • AnonD-79590
                                • t7X
                                • 17 Jan 2013

                                ....and 42million of those are iPhone 3GS! 50million of those are with 2-year contracts. Hahaha. Poor people can't buy phones out of contract in the US!

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                                  • pinky
                                  • 95e
                                  • 17 Jan 2013

                                  Really think about it!
                                  So what is really different between iphone 3g, 3gs, 4, 4s and 5?
                                  Think hard
                                  1. just little faster each time.
                                  2. Still thinking……….
                                  3.
                                  ….
                                  Lastly. Oh! camera gets better
                                  Wow
                                  My friend has I phone 3gs and I have 4 s and other friend has 5.
                                  Really don’t see anything different except I have a newer model, and my friend has newer model but same feature
                                  hence it’s all same iphone,


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                                    • AnonD-93161
                                    • 04R
                                    • 17 Jan 2013

                                    Xperia Z is the best phone that will hit the market

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                                      • AnonD-93161
                                      • 04R
                                      • 17 Jan 2013

                                      Apple is just a show off brand that has nothing to offer! Sony&Samsung offer much much more and i still cant understand why people buy a phone that has the menu for wallpaper lol

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                                        • mo_randum
                                        • swq
                                        • 17 Jan 2013

                                        ned, 16 Jan 2013s3 its totaly rubish i got them both iphone5 its much bettersaid nobody in the world... ever