Dec 12

Super Sales: Samsung Shipped 300 Million Handsets in 2011

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The Galaxy S II has propelled Samsung to record handset shipments. Image: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

Even though Apple and Samsung continue to duke it out in international courts, it looks like Samsung’s handset shipments haven’t been affected in the slightest.

Samsung is having a banner year for handset sales, passing the 300 million mark for the first time in company history. Samsung attributes the far-reaching success of the Galaxy S II smartphone as a major reason for the record-high sales numbers.

“Samsung has a real advantage versus other handset brands due to its very strong tries with the component supply chain,” NPD’s Ross Rubin told Wired.com. Samsung phones typically feature large, bright, high-contrast displays, a very thin form factor and Flash memory. All of these handset attributes are very popular with consumers, Rubin says, and are areas that Samsung has a production advantage with.

The fact that Samsung’s handsets (in the United States) are available on all of the major wireless carriers is another factor that’s contributed to the company’s stellar sales this year. Apple, by contrast, is on three of the four major U.S. wireless carriers (AT&T, Verizon and Sprint), with only T-Mobile’s nationwide network being left out of the loop.

Among Android handset makers, this year Samsung has taken the lead. In late October, Samsung overtook Apple and Nokia in the numbers, having shipped 27.8 million smartphones compared to Apple’s 17.1 million and Nokia’s 16.8 million in the third quarter of 2011. Of that number, over 10 million were Galaxy S IIs. Apple’s sales were somewhat slower around that period, as many people waited for the launch of the company’s handset (which ended up selling 4 million units in its first three days after launch).

Despite Samsung’s success with shipment numbers, Apple is still the one reaping the lion’s share of profits in the mobile phone market. As of Q2 of this year, Apple saw over 66 percent of handset profits, while Samsung only managed 15 percent.

As far as Apple and Samsung’s legal battles go, Samsung’s had a bit of luck lately. An Australian court overturned a ban on Galaxy Tab sales down under, allowing Samsung to sell its Android tablet to customers without fear of copyright infringement reprisal. Although the troubled tablet is still banned in Germany, Samsung is appealing the decision.


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Oct 31

Canalys: HTC nips Apple, Samsung to become top smartphone vendor in US for Q3 2011

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Boo! No, that’s not your doorbell ringing again, that’s HTC popping out of nowhere in order to toss a Nah-nah-nah-boo-boo in the direction of Samsung and Apple. Just days after Strategy Analytics published a global smartphone shipment report for Q3 2011, Canalys — another formidable name in the sector — has pushed out a report of its own. Not surprisingly, the global figures line up almost precisely with what we’d already heard, with Samsung’s Q3 numbers rising above those from Apple, Nokia and the rest of the industry. The difference here, however, is the focal point on the US of A. Here in the States, Taiwan’s own HTC is pulling rank; the aforesaid handset maker edged out Apple and Samsung by shipping 5.7 million smartphones.

All told, it owned “around a quarter of the market,” with Samsung (4.9 million) claiming the second spot and Apple (4.6 million) pulling in for the bronze. Conspicuously absent from the leader board? RIM, which saw its volume decline 58 percent from a year ago and its US market share sink from 24 percent in Q3 2010 to just 9 percent this quarter. Our take? HTC (and Samsung, from a global perspective) best enjoy it while the quarter lasts — as soon as the iPhone 4S and Nokia’s spate of Windows Phone devices start figuring in, we’re guessing that the top spots will be completely up for grabs all over again.

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Oct 28

IDC: Samsung, ZTE see jump in mobile shipments, Apple slides to fifth place

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Q3 earnings reports have been pouring in over the past few days, which means it’s time to check in with IDC on the state of the mobile market. The research firm’s latest report, released today, is something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, Q3 global shipments increased by 12.8 percent year-over-year — higher than the 9.3 percent that IDC had predicted for the quarter and the 9.8 percent growth observed last quarter. At the same time, however, the market grew at the second slowest pace in two years and shipments to Western Europe and the US actually declined over the year, something the company attributes to more restrained consumer spending and more widespread economic uncertainty.

On the company level, both Samsung and ZTE came away as the biggest winners this quarter; Sammy’s shipments increased by 23 percent over the year, good for second place, while ZTE’s shot up by a whopping 57.9 percent, launching the company into fourth place. Apple, meanwhile, saw 26.2 percent growth in its shipments and a slight bump in market share, but still couldn’t avoid getting leapfrogged by ZTE and dropping down to fifth place. And then there’s LG, which had by far the worst quarter, relative to Q3 2010. The manufacturer saw shipments decline by nearly 26 percent over the year, while its market share slipped to 5.4 percent. All these horses, however, are still chasing Nokia, which saw a small drop in shipments, but managed to hang on to the top spot, with over 106 million shipments during the quarter — good for 27 percent of the market. For more numbers and insight, check out the full PR after the break.

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Oct 28

Samsung claims top spot in global smartphone shipments for Q3 2011, Apple slips to number two

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On this edition of As The Smartphone World Turns…, we’ve got Samsung violently snatching victory from the jaws of Apple, claiming its spot at the top of global smartphone vendors once more. Dramatics aside, the latest shipment figures tallied up by Strategy Analytics are showing that worldwide smartphone shipments are up 44 percent year-over-year, reaching a staggering 117 million units in Q3 2011. Digging into that a bit, we’re told that Samsung has overtaken Apple from a units-shipped standpoint, with Sammy moving 28 million smartphones and claiming 24 percent of the market share. If you’ll recall, Apple briefly grabbed hold of numero uno last quarter, but has now fallen a rung with 15 percent of the global pie. Of course, things could be dramatically different when we see Q4 2011 figures roll out — remember, Q3 2011 was the last quarter in a long string with the aging iPhone 4 as Apple’s “newest” device. Stranger still, Nokia is slotted third with just 14 percent of the global share, representing a precipitous drop from 33 percent a year ago. Similarly, Nokia’s fortunes are apt to change with both the N9 finally out and its spate of Windows Phone devices heading out in short order. Hop on past the break for the full breakdown.

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Oct 17

IDC and Gartner: Lenovo leaps past Dell for second place, still trails HP for the gold

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IDC and Gartner have come out with their latest Q3 rankings of the world’s PC manufacturers, which means it’s time for us to do some dissecting. Not much changed at the top of the heap, where, according to IDC, HP still rules the roost with about 18 percent market share (despite that whole PC biz spinoff thing). But the most dramatic shift came from Lenovo, which scurried past Dell for second place, with 13.7 percent market share (13.5, according to Gartner) — a 36.1 percent jump from the third quarter of 2010 (25.2 percent, says Gartner). Dell’s pie slice, on the other hand, shrunk slightly to 12 percent this quarter, down from 12.6 percent last year. On the global scale, meanwhile, PC sales increased by about 3.6 percent compared to Q3 2010 (3.2 percent, in Gartner’s books), though both research firms acknowledged that this figure was well below their respective projections. Why? IDC points to several economic factors, including the threat of a double-dip recession, while Gartner blames the rise of “non-PC devices,” including tablets. Surprise!

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Oct 06

ComScore: Android extends lead over Apple, holds 44 percent of smartphone market

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Gather ’round, everyone, because a fresh batch of ComScore numbers has just arrived. According to the research firm, Android remains in firm control of the smartphone platform market, commanding 43.7 percent, followed by Apple (27.3 percent) and RIM (19.7 percent). In fact, Google extended its share by nearly two points over last month’s figures, while Apple’s iOS grew by just 0.3 points, but further distanced itself from RIM, which now sits 7.6 points behind. On the manufacturing side of the equation, Samsung remains top dog, accounting for 25.3 percent of all mobile subscribers (including both smartphone and feature phone users), followed by LG (21 percent) and Motorola (14 percent). Apple, meanwhile, sits a distant fourth, at 9.8 percent, followed by RIM, which rounds out the top five with 7.1 percent market share. Number crunchers can find more fodder in the full PR, after the break.

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Oct 04

Tim Cook: Macbook Pro and iMac are the best selling notebook and desktop in the US

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Tim Cook kicked off today’s ‘Let’s talk iPhone‘ event by the numbers, mentioning that “the MacBook Pro and iMac are the number one best selling notebook and desktop in the United States.” Apparently the Mac platform grew by 23 percent over the last year, versus a four percent growth from the PC sector. Brandishing a chart tracing the trend back five years, Cook says that Apple is now pushing 60 million Mac users worldwide, leaving Cupertino just shy of owning a fourth of the personal computer market. “There are still 77 percent of people who are buying something else,” Cook said, “We have an incredibly high ceiling here. We have a long way to go.”

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Sep 26

Android powered 56 percent of smartphones sold in the last three months

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When last we checked in with Nielsen (which was earlier this month) Google’s mobile OS had a sizable lead, powering just under 42-percent of smartphones sold, while Apple had cornered a more than respectable 28-percent of the market. In the few short weeks since, Android has seen its share grow to 43-percent. More interestingly, of the over 25,500 surveyed who had purchased a smartphone in the last three months, a whopping 56-percent chose to go with the Goog. Apple held a steady 28-percent across the board. Big G’s gains came at the expense of RIM (only 9-percent of phones sold in the last three months were BlackBerries) and the ambiguous “other” (Symbian, Windows Phone 7, Bada, MeeGo, etc… accounted for 6-percent of sales). More important than choice of platform though, is that smartphone sales in general are climbing — accounting for 58-percent of all handsets sold in August and driving smartphone penetration to 43-percent.

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Sep 26

Samsung Galaxy S II Hits 10 Million Sales Worldwide

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The Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, pictured, features a bright 4.52-inch Super AMOLED display. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired

Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S II, has had a tremendously successful run with consumers since landing on U.S. shores, a prime example of Android’s continued success in the smartphone market at large.

Sales of the Samsung Galaxy S II have reached 10 million worldwide, doubling from 5 million sales in only eight weeks. The Galaxy S II first went on sale in the United States in late August, launching with versions for Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile. The smartphone had debuted internationally in April.

There’s a good reason sales are going so well — it’s a solid phone. It’s got all the specs of an A-plus smartphone in 2011: a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera that can shoot HD video and a large, bright 4.52-inch Super AMOLED display. We reviewed the Sprint version, the Epic 4G Touch.

The Galaxy S II’s precursor, the Samsung Galaxy S, was also a big seller, reaching the 10 million sales mark six months from its debut. The Motorola Droid Bionic, which landed in stores earlier this month, is another heavily anticipated Android smartphone that may hit some record sales numbers, but it’s a bit early to tell.

The success of the Galaxy S II comes on the heels of the growing popularity of the entire Android platform. Over the past three months, over half (56 percent) of smartphone sales were Android, according to stats from Nielsen, and 43 percent of all smartphone owners have an Android (up from 38 percent in June). Google’s OS has a strong lead over its competitors: Apple currently has a 28 percent market share, with RIM in third with 18 percent.

The Android platform has strength in numbers. Android phones are available on every major carrier, and there are 170 models on the market, ranging from high-end flagship models like the Galaxy S II or the Nexus S to budget models like the Samsung Vitality or the Huawei Impulse 4G. There seems to be a perfect phone for just about everyone, whether you prefer a hardware QWERTY keyboard, a lusciously large display, 4G, NFC, a gaming pad or a host of other specifications.

And Android is winning out over Apple’s one-size fits all approach.

Android began overtaking iOS in 2010, and knocked Nokia’s Symbian OS off of its spot as top smartphone platform in January of this year. The platform has since been bolstered by Nokia’s switch from Symbian to Windows Phone, currently a small player in the smartphone scene, and by RIM’s hold on the market continuing to slip as BlackBerry users jump ship to Android or iOS.

It’s unclear if the Android market share will hold up after the iPhone 5 debuts next month, especially if Apple reaches out to the prepaid, budget phone market with the rumored cheaper iPhone 4S and broadened availability on additional carriers like Sprint. Many people have been holding out for Apple’s next release.

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Sep 26

T-Mobile: 90 percent of 2011 smartphone sales were Android, ‘ball is in Apple’s court for iPhone 5’

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Here at Mobilize, T-Mobile’s CMO Cole Brodman revealed that over 75 percent of his company’s phones sold in 2011 were smartphones, with 90 percent of those powered by Google’s green little robots (read: Android). In a sense, that’s not too shocking given the carrier’s current portfolio, but it’s still a truly dominating figure. We’re going out on a limb and guessing that the other 10 percent are enterprise BlackBerry users, mixed in with a few enigmatic renegades for good measure. When asked about other platforms, like RIM, the CMO mentioned he was hopeful for a comeback from the latest crop of Canuck-sourced BlackBerry devices. He also noted that video was responsible for over half the traffic on T-Mob’s 4G network. Finally, when asked about the iPhone 5, Brodman responded coyly: “the ball is in Apple’s court. [We’d] love to have the iPhone… whenever Apple lets us know.” In other words, don’t bank on a T-Mob iPhone early next month.

Keep up with our Mobilize 2011 coverage here!

Gallery: T-Mobile keynote at Mobilize 2011

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