“US smartphone shoppers seeking a high-end device are around five times more likely to buy an Apple iPhone in preference to a comparable Samsung device, Samsung suggested today,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld. “This confirms the value of Apple’s ‘whole widget’ approach, which enables it to set the bar for what you can expect from a smartphone — the iPhone 5S beats all available Android devices in benchmark scores, for example.”
“If you take the statistic that just one in three Samsung smartphone sales are in a class that truly competes with the iPhone and then consider recent Q3 Comscore data you’ll see it suggests Apple sold around five times as many high end smartphones in the US as Samsung sold its own top of the range devices in the quarter preceding launch of new iPhones.”
Evans writes, “This is all the more remarkable when you consider the new iPhone 5S and 5C were available only briefly during Q3. Apple remains the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end smartphones.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Jonny Evans” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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He said “comparable Samsung device.” That guy is hilarious!
What’s important is that the discussion about units sold/market now differentiates between glorified feature phones and smart phones.
The reshaping of that distinction puts Apple back in control of the message.
The unfortunate thing is that Apple still purchases chips from Samsung, so technically every iPhone sold is supporting Samsung as well. 🙁
In other news: Mercedes-Benz sells 5X as many of its E-Class as does Hyundai its Genesis sedan.
Accept no Korean imitators.
Very true
But Sammy owns the low end …. And by so doing owns the smartphone market. Bottom feeder.
It owns the low profit, “I’ll switch to whatever is cheapest at the time I buy a new phone” market.
Enjoy.
Google has a Yugo on its hands based on what buying customers have to say with their cash.
Yea and 100% Smart smartPhone buyers pick the iPhone! Kinda no-brainer really!
For the last time. Apple is American. Samsung is Koreas Asian Slavish copying IP STEALING convicted jailed CEO corporation.
Perhaps Apple should market its products as “genius phones” to differentiate them from the ordinary “smart phones.”
haha love that. i’ll call phil and tell him to make it happen