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By: Dan Graziano | Jul 16th, 2012 at 04:15PM 27 Comments

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Samsung smartphone sales smashed Apple in Q2according to estimates

Samsung’s lead over Apple in the smartphone market continues to increase, as does its lead over Nokia in the

global cellphone market, according a Reuters poll. While the South Korean manufacturer has been neck-and-

neck with the iPhone-maker for several quarters, the launch of the Galaxy S III may have helped Samsung gain a

more commanding lead. The company is believed to have sold 50 million smartphones this past quarter,

compared to an estimated 30.5 million iPhones. “Samsung is expected to be the smartphone hero in the second

quarter,” said IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo. “We are also expecting to see the biggest smartphone volumes

ever shipped from one single vendor in one quarter, driven by strong demand of the Galaxy portfolio, particularly

the Galaxy S II and S III.” Samsung is also estimated to have sold 15.7 million more mobile phones than Nokia in

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the Galaxy S II and S III.” Samsung is also estimated to have sold 15.7 million more mobile phones than Nokia in

the second quarter of this year, an increase from its 3.4 million unit lead in the first quarter of 2012.

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Phil Onyschuk · Top Commenter · Tinley Park, Illinois

Galaxy SIII is a fantastic device, battery life is great. If only Samsung would ditch S Voice and

go with Google's voice commands with Jelly Bean, it would be perfect.

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George Av · · Top Commenter · Developer at Xda-developers

you forget the best performance .

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Jeremy 'Motyka' Bauser · Crew Member at PostNet

I love my galaxy s3, by far the best smartphone of all time. I have mine on VZW i

had already ordered mine before the developer edition got announced and im

kinda pissed about it but whatever, i might sell it for 500-550 and cough up the

extra dough for the unlocked bootloader. Also i agree we need google now, s

voice is shit! But i do have mine rooted, i do have a custom kernel as well as

removed the wifi notification, so atm im happy.

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Paul Mansfield · Top Commenter

I am surprised that G didn't cooperate with S on the development of S voice; with

all the effort put into them it's a shame that one will die off.

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Coffin Trader · · Top Commenter · Editor-in-Chief at Coffintrader.com · 338

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Now this is what I like to hear.... Loving my new Galaxy 3 :)

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Richard Allen Yarrell · · Top Commenter

Samsung has done a wonderful job for android. The Galaxy S3 is the BEST SMARTPHONE ON

THE MARKET PERIOD. Regardless of what comes out from Apple whatever you want to call it

new iphone or iphone 5 it will never compare to the Galaxy S3. With the upcoming Galaxy

Note 2 coming soon and the new Nexus coming November apple needs to just step to the side

your products are boring and useless.


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Joan Rodriguez · Top Commenter

The nexus is coming for sure? Any idea who is making it this time? Specs??

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The Gnome

Spoken like a true Fandroid. Too bad nobody listens to Fandroids. The new

iPhone will take the top spot yet again... from the 4S that is.

I will say the S3 is a decent phone for an Android though. Cheap hardware but

probably the best among the rest.


Zack Fawley · Top Commenter · Atlanta, Georgia

I'd argue that the HTC Evo Lte is the best - but hey, everyone's got their

opinion!

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Sam Swaringen · Daytona Beach, Florida

can everyone please keep their opinions to themselves on this site omfg.... Apple makes a

great phone for many, samsung for many, and everyone else well unfortunately they got

swept out the door for the time being. I think isheep and fandroids need to collectively accept

that right now is the best time to buy any smartphone and the best time for smartphone

consumers, ever. Competition between these tech companies has spurned on a technological

renaissance and the amount of inovation and progress we have made in 5 years is

remarkeable. Leave your opinions and trolling to yourselves and clean up this crap website.

Thanks that is all....

Go BLACKBERRRY :p


Pete Amos · Top Commenter · Co-Owner/Supervisor at Cortin Construction

Nobody comes here for either "news" or intelligent commentary. We come to

poke the iTrolls and have a good laugh when they get their panties in a knot.


David Allard · Top Commenter · University of the phillipines

I was disappointed to see the S3's overly colorized screen--otherwise I might have plunked

down $600 to buy it (so I can keep my unlimited data on Verizon). Having said, ANY story that

mentions any company putting it to Apple is a GOOD story!


Jeremy 'Motyka' Bauser · Crew Member at PostNet

I was able to keep my unlimited data through the loop hole in the system, i got

hooked up from my vzw sales rep. :)

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Paul Mansfield · Top Commenter

depending on what version of software you can reduce the colour saturation of

the display as far as I know.


David Allard · Top Commenter · University of the phillipines

got a link?

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David Berry · · Top Commenter

This article is very misleading. The iphone is one single phone. They are putting 1 phone up

against multiple phones. Notice the writer said the galaxy "portfolio"... Enough said


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Now write an article that shows what the galaxy s3 did vs the 4s....


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Spencer Bellamy · Top Commenter

Why would they do that? Are you fishing for statistics to help you justify your

purchase? It may take some courage but you don't have to have the most

popular or even the "best" phone. Gather some strength and say "I love my

iPhone, it may not be the best or most popular, but for what I want it is great"

There's no reason to break out the galaxy sales as there is no reason to break

out the iphone sales between apples 3 devices. Anyone can make any statistic

skewed to what they want. Confident consumers don't care about the statistics.




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Spencer, shut your old soggy ass you nerd. Not only are you a nerd, you're a old

nerd. Lmao.


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Eli Sanchez · Top Commenter

This is getting old.... How many were Gs phone and how many were notes etc.etc. etc......

Vs one iPhone no need to further explain it !

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Webster Miller · Top Commenter · Columbia University

3GS, 4, and 4s .... that's 3 iPhones available for sale.



How many new 3GS and 4, and refurb 3GS, 4, and 4s are included in cRapple's

numbers since they still sell all those too.



galaxy s1 s2 s3 and note + the same phone but Americanized


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Juan Arroyo apple selling more? only 2 SMARTPHONES and they beat the shit out of apples

sales.


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Juan Arroyo · · Top Commenter · CEO & Founder at NuWeb

Solutions (NuHosting, NuApps & NuDev)

It's bound to overtake, Samsung just released new model apple have not, will

see who sells more end of the year when apple launch new model ;)


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bit obvious Samsung will the s3 was the most anticipated phone of 2012 and

finally a not biased post

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Andrew Stuckey · Bear, Delaware

Of course it was. The sales mostly of a highly anticipated device released at the end of the

quarter while apple's flagship is almost a year old. Let's see how it does against 3rd quarter

when the next iphone is out. Then it'll be a little more fair. Just saying.



No it won't, then it'll just be the roles being reversed and the iCrap being the new

toy. You iDrones always have an excuse. :-p


Richard Torcato · Top Commenter

What does Samsung consider a smart phone? They don't break out their sales numbers by

model. Samsung could put a mobile chip in a refrigerator and call it a smart phone. If Samsung

is beating Apple why are they hiding behind the numbers?





So why doesn't cRapple publish their numbers according to what they "sold"

directly, and the amounts they 'shipped" to carriers. Oh wait, I almost forgot

cRapple can do anything they please and everyone else must do as they are

dictated to do by the iSheep. :-p



you lost any creditability at "cRapple". Thanks for wasting everyone's time.


Frank Guillen · · Top Commenter · Graphic Designer at VDi Estudio

In the end, this is good news for Apple, if it wins its lawsuits against Samsung, it will collect a

few more millions. Damn, but if has to win its lawsuits against Samsung first.


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Robert Andrew Hall Jr · Top Commenter

...And then your alarm clock goes off. You're dreaming pal. Apple had until last

Thursday to submit to the court the reason for upholding the ban. Have you

heard anything..?? *crickets* *crickets* If you're wishing upon a star that Apple

wins their court battles, you need to get off this gravy train. This is the last

stop...


Jose Rafael Pereyra Munoz · EJECUTIVO DE VENTAS INSTITUCIONAL at Pisos

y techados torginol

awesome..

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Curtis Redl · Top Commenter

So 6.5 million GS3's in Q2. If they sold 50 million smartphones in Q 2, then I want to know

what the other 43.5 million are.

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Wasim Mazahreh · Top Commenter · San Mateo, California

Doesn't take a genius to know that. Samsung just launched their flagship device in many

countries.


Coffin Trader · · Top Commenter · Editor-in-Chief at

Coffintrader.com · 338 subscribers

Is Apple's flagship phone not the 4s? Apple is too busy in courts with patent

disputes and not innovating as I believe they should... The New iPhone is

rumored to have a 4" screen? LOL oh wow I better get excited.


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Jim Miller · Top Commenter

And that it shattered records...


Wasim Mazahreh · Top Commenter · San Mateo, California

Did apple just launch the 4S? As an AT&T rep. We had 10 returns yesterday for

the GS3. The return code(reson) was "poor color/ size/ fit". Many thought it was

way to big and they will hold out for the iPhone 5.




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snora41 (signed in using yahoo)

Incoming iSheep in 5....4......3......2.....


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The Gnome

Outgoing Fandoid in 2...3..4...5...



ever hear of gSheep?


Zack Fawley · Top Commenter · Atlanta, Georgia

dipshits counting...now


Jim Miller · Top Commenter

Cue Renee with flawed rationalizations.



Don't forget Alex, and Ern"Blob"esto :-p


Chadwick Davis · University of Florida

Good, I'm all 'bout competition. Don't want Apple to get lazy. I'm a self admitted apple fan,

but they need the pressure from other good products.

Also note, even though Samsung is selling more phones (higher volumes over various

devices), it definitely doesn't mean they are making more profit.

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Scott Waldrop · Top Commenter · Web Application Developer at US Bank

Maybe Apple's complete and utter drubbing in 2012 will inspire and motivate them to create

"non-garbage" in 2013. This is a completely lost year for apple with zero innovation anywhere

to be found.

Apple used to "WOW" you with their new devices that pushed and created new markets. Now

they are more along the lines of "WOW, that's it?" as they simply try to keep pace with their

competitors.

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D Alan Eves

ooops, time for bgr to abandon apple and switch to Samsung? Like rats es aping a sinking

ship. You KNOW when bgr does an article not favorable to apple, the tide has turned. Are

you paying attention Apple stockholders?

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ltcolglennr (signed in using AOL)

I'll wait and see if they allow the new Android OS to be installed on this phone before I decide

to make to make the plunge. Wish they would have made it a little smaller.

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Mikel Kirk · Top Commenter · Spanaway, Washington



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Mikel Kirk · Top Commenter · Spanaway, Washington

50 million smartphones? Wow. That's a huge number. That's a lot of money too. This whole

Android thing is just getting more and more amazing.

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Kenneth Bush

I own a s3 and its the best phone out easy but u guys are crazy for arguing over what phone

is better buy what u like its your money no one cares what phone u have but u!


tobine01 (signed in using yahoo)

buy foreign products, leave american companies going under.....God bless America.


tobine01 (signed in using yahoo)

God bless South Korea............Era of a New World Order.


Erik Balster · Top Commenter · Ohio State

Go foreign company over American company!!!

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Yes, over an "American" company that hasn't produced a single damn thing in the

US for at least a decade. They might as well move their head office to Bejing. :-p


Roberto Barreto · Top Commenter · Universidade Estadual de Campinas

I wonder how stupid is to compare the gazillion different samsung devices over "apple". Isn't

it more logic to compare "flagship" vs "flagship"? Apple still wins.

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Roberto Barreto · Top Commenter · Universidade Estadual de Campinas

And don't get me wrong, I'm a Galaxy Nexus user ;)


Davi Reimann Rossini · · Universidade Estadual de Campinas

A Apple morre a cada dia sem o Jobs.


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