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

Tom-Helge, 21 Feb 2013Now try a Samsung Galaxy Note II against an iPhone 5. Ev... moreI see now the Samsh*t fans have resorted to comparing the iPhone 5 with the Note 2. Why not the S3? Because the Note 2 is a Phoneblate. Its in a different league all together. U really need to start acknowledging that the iPhone is a damn good phone.

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    • konstantin
    • awm
    • 21 Feb 2013

    really desperate to bring up the fallen apple

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      • masr86
      • IVL
      • 21 Feb 2013

      From galaxy note to iphone 4s to iphone 5..hate unstable android performance

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        • Anonymous
        • t7X
        • 21 Feb 2013

        that was because it was the quarter when iphone 5 was released which mean millions of people were craving for the handset.

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          • Anonymous
          • tZj
          • 21 Feb 2013

          Tom-Helge, 21 Feb 2013Haha. When you can come here and claim that Android lags ev... moreYou call others fanboy when you are no different; a Android/Samsung fanboy. What hypocrite.

          Don't go assuming that iOS users have never used an android jelly bean device before, because some of us have both and still easily picked iOS over android.

          User experience iOS>Android. No questions asked. Ignoring that just proves your in denial.

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            • mordecai
            • 21 Feb 2013

            AnonD-1825, 21 Feb 2013S3 cant be in top spot, samsung said they shipped around 15... moreU fan tomboy/old women these shipments are just q4 of 2012 they did not include the shipments from q1,q2 and q3 and ios dose not have real multitasking the connectivity options are limited it dose not have worst camera but it is not best camera on smartphone and compare motolora battery to iphone and see if iphone stand a chance and how was your gig at a 5 year old party as a crown

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              • UNA
              • 21 Feb 2013

              AnonD-46560, 21 Feb 2013hahahahaha ever iphone 4s outsells the galaxy s3 !! Lol ! P... morevery poor...

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                • t1$
                • 21 Feb 2013

                hahahahaha ever iphone 4s outsells the galaxy s3 !! Lol ! Poor samsung.

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                  • mordecai
                  • 21 Feb 2013

                  Anonymous, 21 Feb 2013See.. ur already confuse and lose track on what to say. ... moreI have used android before but has never lag like that before u must be using symbian and thinking it android than I will understand u bcoz web browsing,gaming and notification scrolling is smooth and responsive the ram and processer is big enough to handle these task even old pc with 500mb ram and 656mhz used to handle fine you must have an eye problem go and get you eyes checked your eyes are the one that have lag in them

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                    • Anonymous
                    • tue
                    • 21 Feb 2013

                    iPhone proving that they are the people's choice. Even iPhone 4S kicking SGS3's behind!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • PGX
                      • 21 Feb 2013

                      Tom-Helge, 21 Feb 2013Now try a Samsung Galaxy Note II against an iPhone 5. Ev... moreHaha bringing out the big boy now eh?

                      Sad to say, not much diff between n4 or note2, in terms of performance.. they are still is behind ip5, i am one of those fools that have bought note2 thinking ram + cores + jb will save the lag, but its not true. But i have to say battery life is good, but in terms of battery consumption its very bad.

                      If you watch the full youtube video i posted previously, its the same thing.

                      Like i say, stating you have tons of hardware specs is meaningless when the core logic behind rendering needs to be address on android.. dump specs in is no use.

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                        • 9DR
                        • 21 Feb 2013

                        Hang on a minute. Apple have just combined the 4s & the 5 to beat the S III. So why dont we combine every Samsung phone and see what the total is???????? Bottom line is.... Apple need to get over themselves.

                          Anonymous, 21 Feb 2013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E406xXr4Mok Quite a good... moreNow try a Samsung Galaxy Note II against an iPhone 5.

                          Even the Galaxy Note II with Android 4.1.2 will run circles around the iPhone 5.

                          EDIT: If i put Android 4.2.1 (even unofficially) on my Galaxy Note as i can, then my old Galaxy Note will be as smooth or smoother than the iPhone 5. It will even be much faster than the iPhone 5 then.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • PGX
                            • 21 Feb 2013

                            Tom-Helge, 21 Feb 2013Haha. When you can come here and claim that Android lags ev... morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E406xXr4Mok

                            Quite a good balanced review on n4 vs ip5. Personal taste for each devices, rather then degrading one endlessly.

                              Anonymous, 21 Feb 2013See.. ur already confuse and lose track on what to say. ... moreHaha. When you can come here and claim that Android lags everywhere, then i'm pretty sure that your an iPhone / iOS fanboy.

                              If the videos in my playlist is based out of an Android fanboy, then show me an iOS video that is NOT made by an iOS fanboy.

                              Good luck with that lol.

                              EDIT: And before you speak about who is who, then check out Armando's other videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/wicked4u2c/videos?view=0&flow=grid where he is praising an iPad over any other Android tablets.

                              You should watch his videos to see that he owns both Apple and Android products. So he's not favouring any of the brands. He just gives a honoured answer on how things are.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • PGX
                                • 21 Feb 2013

                                Tom-Helge, 21 Feb 2013Who cares about a loading icon? As long it animates clea... moreSee.. ur already confuse and lose track on what to say.

                                Come back! be enlightened! The lag in android is everywhere! From android's own google chrome to its scrolling in normal apps like facebook.

                                The issue is a VERY BIG one, why?
                                Scrolling is the most basic action you do in mobile.
                                - gaming .. you scroll
                                - webbrowsing - you scroll
                                - utility / notification - you scroll
                                And if the scrolling is not smooth/ and responsiveness is not smooth .. your entire user experience is affected... Your eyes will hurt tracking the lag and jerks from the UI .. gaming will suffer as you cannot do your actions in a timely matter .. etc etc.

                                The youtube videos you posted is based on a fanboy like yourself. He is trying to degrade iOS the best he could without actually using it.

                                  AnonD-77892, 21 Feb 2013okey you are rich? no one asking... yes iphone is not perfe... moreSaying iPhone is best is like saying Justin Bieber is best because he sells most singles.

                                  So no, iPhone is not best. Maybe is was best back in 2007 and 2008, but not today by a mile.

                                  EDIT: The iPhone hardware it self are great. It's iOS that is terrible.

                                  If Apple could use as much energy on developing iOS as they use energy on suing others and designing the iPhones, then maybe iOS would be good.

                                    Anonymous, 21 Feb 2013Haha its true.. ur living in denial. If you truly teste... moreWho cares about a loading icon?

                                    As long it animates clearly, visible and fast enough, then i don't think we cares if the loading icon runs with 20 or 30 fps.

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                                      • 21 Feb 2013

                                      Tom-Helge, 21 Feb 2013And you are just jealous because i can buy 2 awesome Androi... moreokey you are rich? no one asking... yes iphone is not perfect but iphone still the best phone ever made and bestseller so far...

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • PGX
                                        • 21 Feb 2013

                                        Tom-Helge, 21 Feb 2013iOS launcher is the most advanced launcher out there? Ha... moreHaha its true.. ur living in denial.

                                        If you truly tested both devices, and is a fan of optimisation/technology for real. -Adding more cores will not fix the problem. Nor watching Youtube will solve the problem of android's lagging

                                        http://www.abstractpath.com/2012/why-do-android-animations-stutter-when-ios-animations-are-so-smooth/

                                        You will pick iOS over android.