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The whole world is smartphone crazy with pretty much everyone and their mum using some kind of smart cellular device, and shipments have been sky high in Q3. And it looks like Samsung has been leading the charge with their Galaxy series of devices, with the Korean giant managing to ship over double the amount Apple moved in the same period. Woah.
ABI Research and Strategy Analytics both noted that Samsung took a whopping 35.2 per cent of the market, shipping a massive 56.9 million smartphones in the third quarter. That’s more than twice the amount that Apple shipped during the same three months, according to Strategy Analytics, with the Cupertino lot managing 26.9 million units shipped, marking a lovely 16.6 per cent share of the market. Overall smartphone sales have also grown year on year, with worldwide smartphone shipments increasing 32.8 per cent to 155.5 million over the same period.
The likely reason for Samsung’s upper-hand in Q3 is the amount of would-be consumers who have been waiting for the iPhone 5, but of course, that did not appear until September 21st, the end of the quarter anyway. Of course, the Galaxy S III is a very strong device, and many users may have switched over from other devices — Android or otherwise — to Samsung’s flagship. Since the release of the iPhone 5, however, it’s definitely going to be interesting to see the sales figures for Q4. Anyone want to place their bets? [RegHardware]
Samsung Sells 50 Million Smartphones a Quarter, Twice as Many as Apple
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So they shipped twice as many phones (most of them being low end phones). But who exactly made the most profit off their phone sales? I’m going to guess Apple did by a good margin!
The information above says Smartphones and Apple also ships low and middle end phones these days since you can get the 4 and 4S.
Very true!
I’m guessing Apple made the most profit with phones. But this is still a very good win for Samsung.
I love Apple fans.
First of all it was noone will ever outsell the iPhone
Now someone has, it’s no one will make as much money from their phone sales.
LOL, talk about moving goalposts? And why would you care if Apple made more money? It just shows you that you’re happy to be mined for more money.
No, I don’t think thats the case. I always expected the iOS market share to get battered by Android eventually purely because its a licensed and free OS and I’m sure many of us expected that.
No goal posts where moved (not in my personal opinion) but if Apple dropped their average margin to 10%-15% they would probably shift a lot more devices but I’m sure they would prefer to sell less devices and make more money.
What really matters in business is market share, specially when you tie your users to other services, iTunes, Google Play, Microsoft whateveritscalle, Kindle and etc..
Of course Apple made more money per phone… Have you not seen how much iSheeple pay for them and the contracts?
And with the iPad mini costing almost as much as a Galaxy Tab 2… we might have to modernise the old saying “an iDiot and his/her money are soon parted”!!!
“So they shipped twice as many phones (most of them being low end phones). But who exactly made the most profit off their phone sales? I’m going to guess Apple did by a good margin!”
I almost guessed that first comment word for word.
Nobody is debating profit. The article is about the amount of smartphone units shipped.
There is also Tablet figures out today, Andriod has grown from 29% to 41% in 1 qurter. Apple’s led in the tablet space is shrinking all the time.
HappyAl, not to disbelieve you dear boy, but would you have any links to the report please?
I say my good chap, of course I have a link for you.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/25/strategy-analytics-claims-android-reached-41-percent-of-tablets/
Here you go old bean.
Jolly good of you, my good man!
Personally I’m shocked you didn’t already know this, don’t you keep up with the news?
But I don’t know about this EN-GADGE-EET place for news.
with Apples share dwindling all the time, those Apple fans who thought they were part of the elite few (millions) will actually get there wish
