Comments on: Apple tops Samsung, becomes largest mobile phone vendor in U.S. in Q4 2012

By: Anjali jain

Anjali jain — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:04:30 +0000

Only in USA, at Christmas time. Nice stats, they really clarify the market’s reality.

By: 3l3c7ro

3l3c7ro — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:00:56 +0000

But . . . but . . . . but everyone has been saying that Apple is dead and that they can’t possibly ever return to the top. Next we will have dogs sleeping with cats and . . .

By: Thryll

Thryll — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:37:42 +0000

Oh, it has already started. Headline in The Street: “Apple Beats Samsung…For Now.” At this writing the Dow is up nearly $120 and Apple is down $5. Reminds me of the old farmer’s saying attributed to various varmints — and applicable to too many financial analysts and reporters: “If he can’t fight it or fsck it, he pisses on it to ruin it for the rest of us.”

By: lawrence

lawrence — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:30:06 +0000

Congrats Apple!

May you be number one forever!

By: ppeterson

ppeterson — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:14:52 +0000

See. None of this matters. Wall Street is looking at tomorrow. Not yesterday or last quarter or certainly not last year. What they see ahead for Apple is well… not much. They don’t see anything like what they used to see. Or, what they see at Amazon for instance. They see Tim Cook. That’s why AAPL is a $400 stock and nothing more.

By: AAPLGuy

AAPLGuy — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:12:58 +0000

Nice analogy

By: AAPLGuy

AAPLGuy — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:12:00 +0000

and yet

http://macdailynews.com/2013/02/01/apple-owns-70-of-global-smartphone-profits-samsung-25-other-5/

By: Jersey_Trader

Jersey_Trader — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:03:20 +0000

If they could have kept Apple out of the top spot, they would have.

Watch the wording: 34 percent share of “mobile phones” “shipped”
• “mobile phones” not the higher number if only counting the smart phones.
• “shipped” not sold (Shipped is not sold and Buy 1 get 1 free is 2? Do you count the spare tire in your car as a 5 wheel vehicle or 4 wheel vehicle?)

By: Laughing_Boy48

Laughing_Boy48 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:38:37 +0000

WTF! And just when I thought Apple was ready to leave the smartphone business due to lack of iPhone demand. Just a week or two ago, there were at least a dozen articles chirping about how Apple had fallen well behind even third-rate LG. No matter. Everyone is convinced that all subsidies will end sometime this year and Apple will be left high and dry without their main revenue stream. I’ve already put my flag at half-mast because Wall Street spends all their time looking into the future and Apple is always at the top of the Death Watch list.

By: down

down — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:22:38 +0000

Barely, by less than 1% units sold and 2% market share. For the year of 2012 Samsung beats Apple by 10% units sold and 5% market share. So nothing worth showing off about yet. If Apple can get at a 10% to 30% lead and maintain it, that would be worth paying attention to.

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:10:13 +0000

Take THAT Anal-ists!

By: rdiddly

rdiddly — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:40:48 +0000

Apple’s success has been driven by generous carrier subsidy and extensive marketing. No company spends more on marketing than Samedung, yet we are led to believe that this is the reason for Apple’s success. Could it instead be because they have a better product? Does this report sound biased to anyone else?

By: KRONOS

KRONOS — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:34:45 +0000

ESAD Scamdung.
AND, time OVERDUE to pay up the $1.08 Billion you owe us, you Fsckers…

By: Raymond

Raymond — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:23:07 +0000

Apple overtakes Samsung as top U.S. mobile phone vendor for first time in Q4 2012??

Soon there will be headline “this news shows Apple faces limited growth as it overtakes Samsung , APPLE DIVED 7% today!!!!!!!!!!!”