Samsung takes the lead over Apple in smartphone market

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#251 ChubbyGuy40
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There is no match to the HTC One X from a design standpoint.

HAZE-Unit

It has the Beats Audio logo on it. That invalidates any sort of design genius.

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#252 KiZZo1
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I like the rationalizations Apple fanboys have.

Bu, bu, bu, but Samsung haz moar phonez - no fair !!!

BTW, if that was really the reason, then Nokia or HTC could release even more models and thus beat Samsung? Hmmmm? What say you, worms?

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#253 Klipsh
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[QUOTE="HAZE-Unit"]

With Galaxy S3, this trend is going to continue, I mean just look at this beauty.

http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/index.html

Slow_Show

-Beauty
-Galaxy S3

Pick one.

Phone is not only cheap and bland looking, but has a crime-against-humanity PenTile display.

After having the s2, the iphone feels like a brick in my hand. I never noticed how heavy they are.
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#254 Spinnerweb
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Woo! I'll be damned, they did it! \(^o^)/ Wait a second... I hate smartphones anyway *vanishes back into darkness*
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#255 Pug-Nasty
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[QUOTE="Slow_Show"]

[QUOTE="HAZE-Unit"]

With Galaxy S3, this trend is going to continue, I mean just look at this beauty.

http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/index.html

Klipsh

-Beauty
-Galaxy S3

Pick one.

Phone is not only cheap and bland looking, but has a crime-against-humanity PenTile display.

After having the s2, the iphone feels like a brick in my hand. I never noticed how heavy they are.

Quality products tend to be heavier than cheaply made ones.
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#256 tormentos
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Not an Apple fanboy but LOL, brb 25 Samsung Phones vs 1 Apple phone, of course they should have the lead.sergemyster8
That is a lame excuse,because the decision to get an android or an iphone is ultimately done by the customer,so even if android has 100 phones vs 1,if people really want an iphone they will get one,there was a DC,GC and xbox last gen,and people wanted a PS2,and even that the GC was cheaper and the DC as well and the xbox with a more powerful hardware at the same price,people bough a PS2 by a large margin. I was offer an iphone at AT&T but i refuse it and went android,now i am with spring and like before i could have get an iphone,but i choose a galaxy 2,ultimately the decision is on the hands of the costumers.
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#257 DeadMan1290
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[QUOTE="eyebrows"]

[QUOTE="svetzenlether"]

So how're the Samsung users enjoying their one day of battery life, hmm?

svetzenlether

A) I get a whole day of battery life with EVERYTHING running on full and B) who the hell doesn't charge their phone everyday at night before they go to bed?

I don't. I get 3 days on my iPhone 4.

Yeah... Right.

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#258 Eponique
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It surprises me that people with access to the Internet are so clueless. Apple is king because money is paramount, there is no denying it. Everything else is just insignificant noise. musicalmac

So let's say Apple had 80% marketshare but made a loss. That would disqualify them for being the market leaders? Your metric is terrible.

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#259 StormyJoe
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Had an Infuse. Worst phone I ever had. I will never by another Samsung.
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#260 blacktorn
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But Apple reaps all the profits,Samsung sell phones costing hardly anything to high end smartphones so i don't think this table really points to samsung enjoying a nice profit margin on there phone division,Apple beats all when it comes to pure profit.
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#261 eyebrows
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LOL iPhone users with their 0.3 VGA front-facing camera, good look video chatting on that :lol: all to go with your smaller screen, when I see people browsing the web on the smaller iPhone screen, it's just cringeworthy when they have to squint/constantly zoom in.

For the record I have a 4S and a SII and whilst I loved the 4S, I bought an SII which despite came out months prior to the 4S, kicks its ass. The only people who deny this are a) Apple fanboys, b) people who have never owned both, c) idiots/gadget noobs.

£600 :lol: so glad I won mine in a raffle along with my iPad 2...I would NEVER pay more than £250 for either.

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#262 deactivated-5acbb9993d0bd
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But Apple reaps all the profits,Samsung sell phones costing hardly anything to high end smartphones so i don't think this table really points to samsung enjoying a nice profit margin on there phone division,Apple beats all when it comes to pure profit.blacktorn
So? so does nintendo, doesnt mean it wins system wars.
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#263 Mr_BillGates
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Apple makes more in hardware, and significantly much more in software (ex: iTunes). Let's not forget Samsung copied Apple once again with Siri-copycat.

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#264 deactivated-5acbb9993d0bd
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Apple makes more in hardware, and significantly much more in software (ex: iTunes). Let's not forget Samsung copied Apple once again with Siri-copycat.

Mr_BillGates
Well what do you expect? Apple is a hybrid Software/Hardware company for its own priority devices. other than a few exceptions (keynote.) it excells at nothing and is outclassed by other companies in each area.... just not at both at the same time. For instance, in terms of software and develelopment Microsoft absolutely destroys them, but microsoft are poor at hardware (or dont bother, hence why there are 100s of Windows PC manafacturers.) . Android surpassed iOS awhile back, now has overall better support and offers more. but they need a third party like Samsung to come along and make superior hardware to the iPhone which they have done since the galaxy range. So, why the hell should I care if apple can be jack of 2 trades, when the fact still remains that 2 companies made an all-round superior brand of phone in Quality, content, affordability and specs? apple worships is ridiculous.
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#265 Krelian-co
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goood samsung is way better, apple product are good but they are way overpriced

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#266 Klipsh
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[QUOTE="Klipsh"][QUOTE="Slow_Show"]

-Beauty
-Galaxy S3

Pick one.

Phone is not only cheap and bland looking, but has a crime-against-humanity PenTile display.

Pug-Nasty
After having the s2, the iphone feels like a brick in my hand. I never noticed how heavy they are.

Quality products tend to be heavier than cheaply made ones.

That would explain this then. Oh wait
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#267 Pug-Nasty
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[QUOTE="Klipsh"][QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"][QUOTE="Klipsh"] After having the s2, the iphone feels like a brick in my hand. I never noticed how heavy they are.

Quality products tend to be heavier than cheaply made ones.

That would explain this then. Oh wait

No doubt a glass covered object will break easier than a plastic one when dropped on the pavement. Of course, for people that don't go dropping their phones from shoulder height, the iPhone won't break from normal use like a Samsung phone will, if it ever works at all that is.
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#268 nunovlopes
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[QUOTE="Klipsh"][QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"] Quality products tend to be heavier than cheaply made ones. Pug-Nasty
That would explain this then. Oh wait

No doubt a glass covered object will break easier than a plastic one when dropped on the pavement. Of course, for people that don't go dropping their phones from shoulder height, the iPhone won't break from normal use like a Samsung phone will, if it ever works at all that is.

LOL Apple fanboys damage controlling!

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#269 tormentos
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But Apple reaps all the profits,Samsung sell phones costing hardly anything to high end smartphones so i don't think this table really points to samsung enjoying a nice profit margin on there phone division,Apple beats all when it comes to pure profit.blacktorn
Profits not only show how much you sell but how much you win from each device,and like mac apple sell over priced hardware,because some how they are the elite of anything they do,it happen with the macs,with the ipods,and with the iphone,hardware talking the iphone 4 boost the same GPU as the 3GS,yet the phone was ultra expensive based on nothing but the retina display,which at that size is basically useless,is like arguing 1080p on a 32 inch TV. Yet the galaxy S went cheaper much faster,and it features a GPU that kick the living crap out of the iphone 4..The fact that apple charge companies a ton of money for each iphone and companies pay for it is the core of apple profits. Is funny because they actually claimed that the New ipad had visuals better than the PS3 and 360,when the new ipad has the same GPU as the Vita,so no only do they sell over priced hardware,but they openly lie to people about the capabilities.
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#270 eyebrows
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[QUOTE="blacktorn"]But Apple reaps all the profits,Samsung sell phones costing hardly anything to high end smartphones so i don't think this table really points to samsung enjoying a nice profit margin on there phone division,Apple beats all when it comes to pure profit.tormentos
Profits not only show how much you sell but how much you win from each device,and like mac apple sell over priced hardware,because some how they are the elite of anything they do,it happen with the macs,with the ipods,and with the iphone,hardware talking the iphone 4 boost the same GPU as the 3GS,yet the phone was ultra expensive based on nothing but the retina display,which at that size is basically useless,is like arguing 1080p on a 32 inch TV. Yet the galaxy S went cheaper much faster,and it features a GPU that kick the living crap out of the iphone 4..The fact that apple charge companies a ton of money for each iphone and companies pay for it is the core of apple profits. Is funny because they actually claimed that the New ipad had visuals better than the PS3 and 360,when the new ipad has the same GPU as the Vita,so no only do they sell over priced hardware,but they openly lie to people about the capabilities.

This, anyone who denies this is a moron.

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#271 cfstar
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[QUOTE="Klipsh"][QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"] Quality products tend to be heavier than cheaply made ones. Pug-Nasty
That would explain this then. Oh wait

No doubt a glass covered object will break easier than a plastic one when dropped on the pavement. Of course, for people that don't go dropping their phones from shoulder height, the iPhone won't break from normal use like a Samsung phone will, if it ever works at all that is.

Yes.... Yes... that's the way...

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#272 Pug-Nasty
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[QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"][QUOTE="Klipsh"] That would explain this then. Oh waitnunovlopes

No doubt a glass covered object will break easier than a plastic one when dropped on the pavement. Of course, for people that don't go dropping their phones from shoulder height, the iPhone won't break from normal use like a Samsung phone will, if it ever works at all that is.

LOL Apple fanboys damage controlling!

Common sense isn't damage control, which you would know if you had any.

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#273 FIipMode
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ha ha what the hell, we have smartphone wars now?
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#274 cfstar
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ha ha what the hell, we have smartphone wars now?FIipMode

There's no war.

Anyone who knows anything about anything knows Samsung/Android is better than any smartphone apple has ever made.

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#275 Vari3ty
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ha ha what the hell, we have smartphone wars now?FIipMode

Apparently System Wars is evolving (or devolving, guess it depends on how you look at it).

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#276 FIipMode
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[QUOTE="FIipMode"]ha ha what the hell, we have smartphone wars now?cfstar

There's no war.

Anyone who knows anything about anything knows Samsung/Android is better than any smartphone apple has ever made.

Personally I love the OS and build quality of iphones better, never liked android.
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#277 deactivated-5acbb9993d0bd
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[QUOTE="nunovlopes"]

[QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"] No doubt a glass covered object will break easier than a plastic one when dropped on the pavement. Of course, for people that don't go dropping their phones from shoulder height, the iPhone won't break from normal use like a Samsung phone will, if it ever works at all that is. Pug-Nasty

LOL Apple fanboys damage controlling!

Common sense isn't damage control, which you would know if you had any.

You cant be that stupid? You think any phone other than an iphone is cheaply made and barely works?
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#278 nunovlopes
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[QUOTE="nunovlopes"]

[QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"] No doubt a glass covered object will break easier than a plastic one when dropped on the pavement. Of course, for people that don't go dropping their phones from shoulder height, the iPhone won't break from normal use like a Samsung phone will, if it ever works at all that is. Pug-Nasty

LOL Apple fanboys damage controlling!

Common sense isn't damage control, which you would know if you had any.

The Galaxy S2 has gorilla glass you dumbass.

It's amazing how Apple fanboys spin everything. If in that test the Samsung broke you would be all over how the iPhone is more robust and high-quality. The iPhone breaks because it's clearly of lower quality and you still try to spin it.

Btw, for the record I never owned an iPhone or a Samsung phone for that matter. I have a Blackberry from work. But I know quality when I see it, and if I ever buy a smartphone it will definitely not be an iPhone.

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#279 eyebrows
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[QUOTE="Klipsh"][QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"] Quality products tend to be heavier than cheaply made ones. Pug-Nasty
That would explain this then. Oh wait

No doubt a glass covered object will break easier than a plastic one when dropped on the pavement. Of course, for people that don't go dropping their phones from shoulder height, the iPhone won't break from normal use like a Samsung phone will, if it ever works at all that is.

:lol: oh man, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Gotta hand it to Apple though, sell something insanely expensive that is inferior to it's rivals AND get your consumers to spread your own lies and propaganda :lol:

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So let's say Apple had 80% marketshare but made a loss. That would disqualify them for being the market leaders? Your metric is terrible.

Eponique
Are you kidding? I honestly cannot tell if you would ever say that in earnest. That's one of the most insignificant posts I've read in all my time on SW.
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#281 princeofshapeir
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galaxy nexus master race. iphone 4S am cry; that thing is so damn tiny and siri is just a bunch of hype. but why is this in system wars?
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#282 UnknownSniper65
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Not surprising....honestly I like my galaxy way more than the Iphone

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#283 Phazevariance
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Not surprising....honestly I like my galaxy way more than the Iphone

UnknownSniper65
Of course you would, you own a galaxy but probably not an iphone. Makes sense you would like what you own. But the goole OS i find is pure crap, and is layed out all crappy too. Like the samsung hardware, hate the OS.
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#284 imprezawrx500
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HTC needs more love
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And battery life.

D4W1L4H
yeah they make really nice phones with some nice build samsung phones all have a horrible plastic finish. Smartphones in general need better battery life htc phones are not as bad as some, just samsung has really good battery life as far as smartphones go. I hope the htc one x pushes apple down even further. ios is plain horrible and to restrictive compared to Android and wp7 also has a much nicer interface.
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#285 Kashiwaba
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[QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"]

Not surprising....honestly I like my galaxy way more than the Iphone

Phazevariance

Of course you would, you own a galaxy but probably not an iphone. Makes sense you would like what you own. But the goole OS i find is pure crap, and is layed out all crappy too. Like the samsung hardware, hate the OS.

==; Why do you assume that I own both and I prefer Galaxy and android phones in generarl way more than my iphone.

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#286 GD1551
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[QUOTE="UnknownSniper65"]

Not surprising....honestly I like my galaxy way more than the Iphone

Phazevariance

Of course you would, you own a galaxy but probably not an iphone. Makes sense you would like what you own. But the goole OS i find is pure crap, and is layed out all crappy too. Like the samsung hardware, hate the OS.

To be fair some people actually used both, like myself. I think both are pretty extravagent for a standard user and the UI's are very different, of course iPhones have superior software support, however android phones allow for more freedom. It solely depends on what type of user a person is. Not that I care to get into this anyway, the only smartphone I like right now is the lumia 900.

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#287 tormentos
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[QUOTE="Pug-Nasty"][QUOTE="Klipsh"] That would explain this then. Oh waiteyebrows

No doubt a glass covered object will break easier than a plastic one when dropped on the pavement. Of course, for people that don't go dropping their phones from shoulder height, the iPhone won't break from normal use like a Samsung phone will, if it ever works at all that is.

:lol: oh man, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Gotta hand it to Apple though, sell something insanely expensive that is inferior to it's rivals AND get your consumers to spread your own lies and propaganda :lol:

You can join,360,PS3 and wii fans,and they don't make a quart of how insane apple fans are,i have a few friends who will argue in favor of apple no matter what,and even if they don't know what they are really arguing,for them they have 20 more games so the iphone is the best ever.
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#288 princeofshapeir
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even stock Android 4.0 ICS dominates IOS. task-manager built into the UI, onscreen navigation keys, beautiful display and sleek design, and folders to make the home screen far more compact and uncluttered. my dad owns an iPhone 4S and he is extremely jealous of my Galaxy Nexus. apple's flagship looks like a children's toy compared to what is the best smartphone on the market.