“Apple in its fall quarterly results retook the crown as the world’s largest smartphone maker. Its 37.04 million iPhones shipped were enough to pass Samsung’s 35 million and ran significantly above most estimates,” Electronista reports.
“The winter may favor Apple. While Samsung may unveil the Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress in late February, it typically doesn’t ship until months later, leaving any early adopters waiting. Apple was still expanding the iPhone 4S’ reach in January and, in the past couple of years, has usually avoided the post-holiday slump that affects most others,” Electronista reports. “Nokia has yet to report its own results but is expected to place a distant third in the smartphone arena.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple sold, not just “shipped,” 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter. The numbers attributed to Samsung are third-party estimates of “shipped” units.
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