iPhone 5, iPhone 4S And Samsung Galaxy SIII Are The World’s Most Popular Smartphones

(8:12 am PDT, Feb 20th)

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With analysts openly chattering about how Cupertino needs to take a few lessons from Samsung on how to innovate in the smartphone market, a reality check: during the last quarter of 2012, the iPhone 5 was the best selling smartphone in the world. And the second best-selling smartphone? The iPhone 4S, edging the Galaxy S3 out by over 2 million units.

The reearch comes from Strategy Analytics’ Handset Country Share tracker service, the iPhone 5 together accounted for 1 in 5 of all smartphones shipped worldwide in Q4 2012.

Coming in third place? The venerable Galasy S3, which shipped 15.4 million units and which now accounts for a 7.1% slice of global marketshare, having proven wildly popular in America, Europe and Asia.

According to Strategy Analytics, the reason for this is because the Galaxy SIII’s popularity has peaked. That’s actually good news for Samsung, since the Galaxy S4 is likely due to land in just a couple weeks at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, Spain.

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  • http://twitter.com/gnomehole The Gnome

    Sorry Android has to take 3rd place.

    P.S. Keep this fandroid crap out of my Cult of Mac newsfeed… I don’t need to see news from the lonely basement dwellers.

    • http://twitter.com/manishrana50 Manish Rana

      Hahah, Well said. Those guys are so insecure.

    • Guest

      lol sorry you fall for apple’s sneaky sales reports, 1 this is only based on Q4 a 3 month period, 2 Apples goes by how may phones they ship, Samsung goes buy how many phones are activated, how does apple go from 3rd place to 1st when their sales were slowed way down? hmm(see number 2) Even if this is 100% true doesn’t take away from the fact that Samsung is close to knocking Apple out of the top in the short span of 2 years and 3 months since the first galaxy S device, also android is taking massive leaps in improvements with every new Galaxy S device, their features are 5 years ahead of apple, but apple is losing customers all the time to people finally realizing their in a prison and apple is quickly becoming a a phone for the elderly and children.

    • Guest

      lol sorry you fall for apple’s sneaky sales reports, 1 this is only
      based on Q4 a 3 month period, 2 Apples goes by how may phones they ship,
      Samsung goes buy how many phones are activated, how does apple go from
      3rd place to 1st when their sales were slowed way down? hmm(see number
      2) Even if this is 100% true doesn’t take away from the fact that
      Samsung is close to knocking Apple out of the top in the short span of 2
      years and 3 months since the first galaxy S device, also android is
      taking massive leaps in improvements with every new Galaxy S device,
      their features are 5 years ahead of apple, but apple is losing customers
      all the time to people finally realizing their in a prison and apple is
      quickly becoming a a phone for the elderly and children.

      just go on youtube look up ” 50 reasons the galaxy s3 is better than iphone 5″

  • josephz2va

    I still use “the second best-selling smartphone”. Not ready to give up my easier to plug in 30-pin connector accessories to a Mini-USB or a lightning adapter system.

  • K Jackson

    Wow, this is a brilliant revelation that NO ONE would have EVER expected.

  • http://www.facebook.com/timur.kozan.1 Timur Kozan

    The worlds most popular smartphone the samsung galaxy s2 i9100 waits for his new jelly bean update now please roll it out in germany many fans for the s2 is still waiting now

  • arunraj kandikatla

    yes its a great pleasure to buy or use iphone 5 that too 16gb i seen this for low cost @ just 39900/- @ Best Discount deals online iphone 5

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