NPD: Apple holds 42% of US market, Samsung 26%

17 January, 2014
Both companies are on the rise, while most of their competitors are seeing their smartphone market slip.

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  • Anonymous
  • v0q
  • 17 Jan 2014

Gsmarena latest blog about g flex: g flex sold 13000 unit via top 3 carriers in korea! Now that's a major flop.
LG is dead without nexus.
As soon as Sony will be the next nexus, LG should focus on vacuum cleaners. Lg tv's are major flop too, including its home ent entertainment systems.

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    • Anonymous
    • v0q
    • 17 Jan 2014

    LG G2 , 17 Jan 2014apple samsung lg these three manufacturers are increas... moreLg holds big market share: check
    LG number 3 in sales: check
    LG minimal bezel: check
    Total profit negative: check
    LOL

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      • Anonymous
      • PIW
      • 17 Jan 2014

      the only surprise is that there are people surprise reading this news

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        • LG G2
        • 7Xi
        • 17 Jan 2014

        apple
        samsung
        lg
        these three manufacturers are increasing market share!

        sony , htc, blackberry these three are dead!

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          • LG G2
          • 7Xi
          • 17 Jan 2014

          G2 is the only Android smartphone included in top-10 Best electronic Gadget in International Consumer's magazine 2013.

          AWARDED AS BEST ELECTRONIC INNOVATION DESIGN & ENGINEERING @CES 2014


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            • LG G2
            • 7Xi
            • 17 Jan 2014

            Anonymous, 17 Jan 2014Lg is dead without nexus.LG has sold more G2 than Nexus5.

            LG is gaining market in North America and Latin-America.

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              • LG G2
              • 7Xi
              • 17 Jan 2014

              Anonymous, 17 Jan 2014Your friends? See the Chart. Top 1 Apple as expected ho... moreLG is catching up !
              because of G2

              G2 is the best smartphone in America.

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                • irwin
                • MVg
                • 17 Jan 2014

                same debate under every apple piece of news. getting old. go get a life all of you

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                  • PAX
                  • 17 Jan 2014

                  Anonymous, 17 Jan 2014You complain about "openness", but you probably o... morewindows may be closed source but you sound like it is restricted than ios. it is closed and not free but system is more open, even more than android.you dont even have to rootbreak or something to install apps(some) and new windows version(unless hardware problem).

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                    • AnonD-80609
                    • tUw
                    • 17 Jan 2014

                    Michila, 17 Jan 2014Where is Nokia?Its in "others"!

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                      • observer
                      • 3I{
                      • 17 Jan 2014

                      Anonymous, 17 Jan 2014Samesung has a major processor fab in Texas. But perhaps yo... moreI didn't know that. So - Samsung is perhaps almost more a USA product than Apple? So even more so - why is Apple bigger? A quick glance at newegg shows an unlocked 5S/16gb/LTE to be about $200 more than an S4/16gb/LTE. That leaves the "hip" factor - as Andrew said.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • tha
                        • 17 Jan 2014

                        Lg is dead without nexus.

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                          • cheesesteakwit
                          • sb0
                          • 17 Jan 2014

                          Apple is made in China too just engineered in US

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                            • Striker
                            • 0EV
                            • 17 Jan 2014

                            I don't see any surprise there. Nothing unusual. Samson, LGear and other Asian manufacturers will battle over the cheap Handroid share, while Apple rises. I wonder why Nokia is not getting higher market share, though...

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 4sj
                              • 17 Jan 2014

                              AnonD-225039, 17 Jan 2014I'm pretty sure we would. I can buy 2 nexus 5 for the price... moreGoogle subsidizes the nexus line. The nexus 5 is almost the same as the G2 ( also made by LG) but much different in price. There's a reason for that.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • NpR
                                • 17 Jan 2014

                                AnonD-215470, 17 Jan 2014Americans will always be americans...& we can only do w... moreSamsung is only bringing calamity to africans only iphone is doing justice to all smartphone.

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                                  • AnonD-225039
                                  • S37
                                  • 17 Jan 2014

                                  Anonymous, 17 Jan 2014In the US most phones are subsidized. iPhone is same exac... moreI'm pretty sure we would. I can buy 2 nexus 5 for the price of a single Iphone 5s. Not really hard for me to decide in that situation. and Like someone else said earlier "if the phone costs twice as much I expect it to be twice as good".

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                                    • AnonD-223693
                                    • uu0
                                    • 17 Jan 2014

                                    People here are crazy against Apple,why they pay so much,why they buy it.
                                    First think what is the salary of average people in US,Iphone price is negligible to there salary,also $800 is nothing for a 6000 $ Income,
                                    while here in India people spend entire month salary to get Samsung Galaxy.
                                    Iphone has UI limitations to customization,other than that,it's perfect for every task.
                                    If you cannot buy it,just forget it and live in peace.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 4sj
                                      • 17 Jan 2014

                                      Anonymous, 17 Jan 2014Your friends? See the Chart. Top 1 Apple as expected ho... moreSony is also only available on the smallest carrier in the US and does not advertise very much. That significantly reduces their potential. Sales don't equal quality.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 4sj
                                        • 17 Jan 2014

                                        AnonD-215470, 17 Jan 2014Americans will always be americans...& we can only do w... moreIn the US most phones are subsidized. iPhone is same exact price as other flagships. Note 3 and Lumia 1520 are more expensive. Maybe if iPhone and other phones were the same price around the world, we might have seen similar ratios.