Apple iPhone 5 and 4S top global smartphone shipments for Q4 2012

20 February, 2013
Apple's iPhone 5 overtook the Galaxy S III to top the global smartphone sales in Q4 last year, reports says.

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  • 21 Feb 2013

[deleted post]Of course it matters, that guy has nothing to do with armando. You clearly said to me how i can say armando beeing android fanboy when this guy had video which i pasted to you, and this guy was totally different guy. So yeah i think you are blind because that video isnt related to armando in anyway or change what armando is.

    AnonD-1825, 21 Feb 2013Clearly you didnt knew theres same video opposite http://yo... moreYeah, and you still believe Armando is wrong about his points against iOS and still believe the link you gave me?

    So pretty much Armando is right about the arguments against iOS if you mean the reasons in the link are true for iOS.

    EDIT: Quite alot of the reasons against the Galaxy S III in that video are just very small nitpicks that is fixed in Android 4.1.2 for Galaxy S III.

    Watch the 50 reasons why Galaxy S III is better than iPhone 5 to see that it's not just some small nitpicks as reasons there.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 21 Feb 2013

      Anonymous, 21 Feb 2013They ARE the guilty ones. The 1.05 billion lawsuit awarded ... moresorry but android was not initially google's company

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        • 21 Feb 2013

        theslayer, 21 Feb 2013what are high end phone for you? phone with high price or p... moreProduct with hi class, you know it when you hold it.

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          • mga
          • 21 Feb 2013

          AnonD-1825, 21 Feb 2013"Apple are a greedy company and the price of an iPhone... moreQ3 scores beg to differ, but alas I have a feeling that your feeble mind will never accept that any company or phone can be as good as apple even with hard facts to prove it, oh and frankly im getting a bit bored with you.

          Ill leave you to your inferior device and no matter which way you spin it apple have fallen alot since iPhone 4 with a new phone once a year and extremely minor updates only on the inside until they thought what every Apple hater thought.

          "What do you think would happen if we steam rolled an apple factory?"

          Ta-dah! You get the iPhone 5 and 1 extra row of icons.

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            • theslayer
            • N5t
            • 21 Feb 2013

            AnonD-1825, 21 Feb 2013"Apple are a greedy company and the price of an iPhone... morewhat are high end phone for you? phone with high price or phones with high specs and more features?

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              • 21 Feb 2013

              Shteeve, 21 Feb 2013Q4 is the worst time to compare sales anyway because all of... more"Apple are a greedy company and the price of an iPhone and your previous comments proves it with you saying that Samsung may sell more phones but apple makes more money. At least Samsung are in it for the customer and not our hard earned cash."

              No it just tells that samsung cant sell hi-end phones as much as apple.

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                • mga
                • 21 Feb 2013

                AnonD-1825, 21 Feb 2013"the first full quarter of sales between iPhone and S3... moreQ4 is the worst time to compare sales anyway because all of those who want iPhones have been saving up since Q2 to get one where as anyone who wants an S3 can get one without having to save for half a year.

                Your comparison between bikes(S3) and cars(iPhone) is about right in the aspect of cost to buy but in terms of usability and actual specs Samsung wins that race.

                Apple are a greedy company and the price of an iPhone and your previous comments proves it with you saying that Samsung may sell more phones but apple makes more money. At least Samsung are in it for the customer and not our hard earned cash.

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                  • 21 Feb 2013

                  i m happy that both the company are in upto core competiton...because of which i get the best at less price..........so keep fighting, rob each other ideas, etc....

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                    • tZk
                    • 21 Feb 2013

                    theslayer, 21 Feb 2013why cant these people see how far behind iphone5 from last ... moreYes because gsmarena's opinion represent the world populations opinion on smartphone right?

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                      • 21 Feb 2013

                      Shteeve, 21 Feb 2013Considering the S3 came out near the end of Q2 im not surpr... more"the first full quarter of sales between iPhone and S3, the S3 nearly outsold iPhone 4S and iPhone5 put together!"

                      Wonder why, iPhone 4S already was almost year old model and 5 only were few weeks on market with small amount of countries.

                      Q4 shows how iPhone selling when it gets whole quarter sells. 48 million!

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 21 Feb 2013

                        theslayer, 21 Feb 2013why cant these people see how far behind iphone5 from last ... moreOnly S3 should be mentioned in the same sentence as iPhone 5. The rest of droid flahships are miles behind. Sony Xperia Z - another flop with shitty camera

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                          • 21 Feb 2013

                          AnonD-1825, 21 Feb 2013Samsung sold more sgs3 only in last q, every other q apple ... moreConsidering the S3 came out near the end of Q2 im not surprised, but the numbers for sales between iPhone and S3 compare ALL iphones sold in q2 against 1 phone by Samsung which had a month to sell as much as it could in Q2.

                          Therefore your point is invalid as in the first full quarter of sales between iPhone and S3, the S3 nearly outsold iPhone 4S and iPhone5 put together!

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                            • mordecai
                            • 21 Feb 2013

                            AnonD-1825, 21 Feb 2013Samsung sold more sgs3 only in last q, every other q apple ... moreThat is not samsung problem that is apple problem of not making low end phones samsung is just meeting the needs and wants of all customers and samsung also makes hi end phones

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                              • 21 Feb 2013

                              your minds are set to the build material of your phone when what matters most is how far you can go with your phone, what you can do with it.

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                                • theslayer
                                • N5t
                                • 21 Feb 2013

                                why cant these people see how far behind iphone5 from last year's android flagships. even gsmarena did not include the iphone5 on their blog "Smartphone king wanted: HTC One vs Sony Xperia Z vs Galaxy S III" because it will show how far iphone5 is lagging too far on just about everywhere.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • tZk
                                  • 21 Feb 2013

                                  mordecai, 21 Feb 2013Samsung is still number 1 these are just q4 shipments they ... moreYou talk as if the plastics on Samsung don't scratch at all, the metal body of your car don't scratch at all. If aluminium is good enough to be used by BMW, and F1 cars I don't think anyone has the right to call Aluminium cheap.

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                                    • mordecai
                                    • 21 Feb 2013

                                    Harris, 21 Feb 2013all samsung users . admit it now iphone is no 1 . no one ca... moreSamsung is still number 1 these are just q4 shipments they are not the whole quarter and you call the aluminum body of the iphone5 that gets scratched easily quality and the bad network reception of the late iphone quality then u do not know what quality is

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                                      • 21 Feb 2013

                                      Shteeve, 21 Feb 2013Well I work in telecoms sales but even if i didnt i could p... moreSamsung sold more sgs3 only in last q, every other q apple sold more iPhones by far. So i have no idea what you are talking about.

                                      "Samsung is currently the leader in the Smart phone market and since the S4 is looking to come out shortly I dont see that changing."

                                      Leader only in numbers, apple and samung have different strategy. Apple doesnt sell low price phones to get marketshare, they sell hi-end phones and get good money out of it. Much much more than samsung, in my book apple is leader on mobile word, its of course how you look things. Even bike seller sell more bikes i would say car seller is the winner if he get all the money.

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                                        • 21 Feb 2013

                                        Tom-Helge, 21 Feb 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A48A4J5qpYA&list=PLC223C... moreClearly you didnt knew theres same video opposite http://youtu.be/ggBEJR2WMI0

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