74.4% of smartphones sold in Q1 run Android, gap to iOS widens

14 May, 2013
According to analyst company Gartner, Samsung is accountable for 30% of all smartphones sold.

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Anonymous, 14 May 2013LG is the futureUhm no. As far as the situation is now, Samsung is the future.

But don't take me wrong though, LG is doing a good job with the phones now.

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    AnonD-134497, 14 May 2013Totally agree with you Carol. No trolling but "more ch... moreEventually they will follow Samsung making bigger phones and cheaper ones too.

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      AnonD-145568, 14 May 2013NokiaWPPureView- Totally agree with that. Shamesung is not ... moreI have not seen a single person uses Nokia Pure View.

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        • sSP
        • 14 May 2013

        [deleted post]Where were you bro?

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          • P%u
          • 14 May 2013

          NokiaWPPureView- Totally agree with that. Shamesung is not producing quality devices. Those cheap ugly huge like a brick phones has no quality. Especially their s4? Jeez.

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            • P%u
            • 14 May 2013

            Apple is really innovating. Cool designs, great features. What more if Apple will not lock its Os to their own? I think Shamesung and these paid lagdroid fanboys will be very frustrated. Lol

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              • 14 May 2013

              Carol, 14 May 2013So many useless crapp coming from Samsung in the same shape... moreTotally agree with you Carol. No trolling but "more choices" is a lame excuse. It is like they are just confusing their customers.

              20's of Galaxy brand announced this and last quarter
              Vs
              4-6 Devices of Nokia in this and last quarter
              1-2 Devices of Apple in this and last quarter
              3-4 Devices from HTC, Sony, LG in this and last quarter

              So tell me, is this fair? Or just spamming the market with Galaxy(s) launch of the same class, same design every month. This is totally ridiculous. I mean who wouldn't get the lion's share by this method.

              Other companies = Quality
              Samsung = Quantity
              Their basic strategy.

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                • AnonD-145568
                • P%u
                • 14 May 2013

                It's funny. Apple sells two cool devices From January 2013 until today which is the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S yet they we're able to come up with a great race with Shamesung that sells 30+ different ugly looking plastic phones. What more if iPhone 5S Comes out? I think these paid Antdroid will get frustrated again.lol

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                  • 14 May 2013

                  So long for the WP going to take over the market and that BB would die. RIM doing ok it seems and WP no getting off to the so called domination we were so promised a year back. Android will continue to dominate because Apple and its IOS cash cow is getting so SSDD. People are waking up to it finally.

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                    • 14 May 2013

                    AnonD-100975, 14 May 2013I used Symbian pre-belle version S60 on a touch screen phon... moreYou'd be pleasantly surprised.

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                      • 14 May 2013

                      Anonymous, 14 May 2013Remember, these are worldwide figures. Obviously iOS is low... moreI think you will find that if you look up the stats for sales in the U.S that Android is the preferred OS.

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                        AnonD-144122, 14 May 2013what...? LG in 3rd place..? is it a dream.....??? What h... moreThat's LG right there! No sony!! LG :)

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                          • JiG
                          • 14 May 2013

                          Remember, these are worldwide figures. Obviously iOS is low because people in poor countries can't afford it. If you look at Europe or U.S. specifically, iOS and WP are way higher, and Android is less dominant.

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                            SymbianFans, 14 May 2013I have Belle and Android OS phone. Belle with Feature Pack ... moreI used Symbian pre-belle version S60 on a touch screen phone, and back then it was really poor compared to android 1.6 I would be impressed if they managed to turn around all of the huge design flaws in the OS which made me get rid of the phone as soon as possible. I didn't bother looking into later versions because S60 was behind the times and android was progressing so quickly.

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                              • 14 May 2013

                              The Apple/ Samsung smartphone sales comparison is not accurate. That's like saying Ford sells more cars than BMW does. BMW is a niche manufacturer - luxury vehicles while Ford makes a full range of vehicles, from economy sub compacts to the luxury Lincoln lineup. For sure Ford will outsell BMW. Similar Apple only makes the top line iphone while Samsung makes a way wider range, from the flagship GS4 and ATIVs to the Galaxy Ace at the lower end.

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                                AnonD-144122, 14 May 2013what...? LG in 3rd place..? is it a dream.....??? What h... more i love LG!
                                now you see millions people still love LG!!!!!!!

                                KUDOS LG!

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                                  yan, 14 May 2013"Unsurprisingly, Samsung keeps being in the lead of sm... morehaha..good one!! :D

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                                    Anonymous, 14 May 2013pls compare year by year increase in unit shipped for samsu... moreLook the "others" too, they gain over 20 million units.

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                                      SymbianFans, 14 May 2013I have Belle and Android OS phone. Belle with Feature Pack ... moreJoke of the year.

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                                        • AnonD-144122
                                        • ij2
                                        • 14 May 2013

                                        what...?
                                        LG in 3rd place..?
                                        is it a dream.....???
                                        What happend to the Sony Xperia line up??