“Apple’s new flagship iPhone 5s and mid-range iPhone 5c were both among the top three sellers for the big four United States wireless carriers in September, investment bank Canaccord Genuity said Friday,” Shane Cole reports for AppleInsider.
“The Touch ID-enabled iPhone 5s and new, colorful iPhone 5c took first and second place, respectively, for AT&T and Sprint but the iPhone 5c was pushed down one notch by Samsung’s Galaxy S4 at Verizon and T-Mobile retailers,” Cole reports. “The new iPhones vaulted Apple back atop the leader board as the top-selling smartphone vendor in the United States in September, a position held by Samsung for the preceding three months. Helping the company along were reportedly healthy sales of the three-year-old iPhone 4S, which customers can get for free on a two-year contract.”
MacDailyNews Note: iPhone 4S was released on October 14, 2011. That’s nearly two years ago, not three.
Cole reports, “Canaccord notes that their research showed ‘very strong initial sales and back orders for the iPhone 5s and strong iPhone 5c sales’ in both the U.S. and international markets.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: A smart psychiatrist would open an office right next to a carrier store for those poor souls who slink out with a Samsung Galaxy phone instead of a real iPhone. An optometrist would do well, too — as would a dollar store, check cashing outfit, and a kiosk selling boxed sets of Hee Haw on VHS.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Boom!
I figured most people would upgrade to the iPhone 5s simply because it’s something that everyone knows. The iPhone 5c is a very solid phone though, and worthy of the iPhone name.
Dysung needs to start shipping their vacc-blet phones soon before they lose that market too.
Take that Apple, your precious iPhone 5S is about to be taken by the iPhone 5C.. oh wait, both are from apple… I am so sorry android, hope you’re doing fine in the basement.
In the basement? I am sure you know more the basements than I do. Today Samsung said its quarterly sales and profits are highest ever. It is a sad fact that Samsung is doing very well, much better than Apple everywhere but in the USA. Not that I am happy about that, but get real.
Samdung lies about benchmarks so they probably inflate there earnings as well. Oh, troll.
Hey Cupertino Joe – Bet you’re stuck with 4 to 5 timeshares.
You are the ultimate mark – A Con Mans dream.
Cupertino joe is going to change his name to Samdung Doe. Just wait!
May be of Samsung starts selling cars and shoes along with their phones, they may even beat Exxon in sales
Called a few ATT stores. Champagne model, order now, 4 weeks wait time! Wow. Other colors for 5S 1-2 weeks before it ships.
Been waiting 10 day and didn’t even get a ship date from the online store. Only “Available in October”
Ordered 5s 32mb Gold… and there Iies the problem. I have an iPhone 4 and not sure I can wait any longer if the white and space grey is only out 2 weeks.
My 16GB gold through AT&T kept showing an estimated ship date of 10/1 thru 10/31 until they shipped on 9/27 and it arrived 9/30.
Silver iP5s for its photo/video abilities, and (very important) free iMovie to edit quicky vids for uploading. Powerful piece of kit.
I like the 5c too, but am not so keen on the shades – I’d been hoping for an iPod-like range of luscious metallics. Oh well.
U guys are hopeless. You criticize these idiot analysts and then when they release positive news about Apple you buy in full stop.
All they’re saying is opening first few weeks dominated sales at a few sales channels.
Time will tell whether sales sustain themselves. Apple’s quarterly earnings will reveal the true reality. Until then, shut up.
Thanks MDN for the hilarious take Lol 🙂
Release what? Close to perfectly accurate sales figures. Oh right. That’s much worse than NO ACCURATE SALES FIGURES at all I suppose. JUST SHIPMENTS you mean. Got it.
BTW, what exactly wait for what then? Since you claim than in a few weeks, Apples quarterly earnings will clarify “things”.. Hmm. Let see..
Are those “things” going to be clarified for Fragmadroid units or only Apple? Oh right you don’t know what your talking about, presumably again.
Correction: months (quarterly)
I have no idea what this means.
Re: Get
Hey!!!! I like Hee Haw!!
iPhone 4S is only 2 years old, not 3 years old as the article suggested. These days journalist don’t do fact check first. It was released just a day before Steve Jobs passed away on 5th October 2011. I can never forget the focus of the camera on the empty chair during the presentation.
Looks like these are figures for the whole month. The new iPhones were only on sale for a small part of the month. Those S4 numbers will fall of a cliff in October, November and December.
Samsung will not fall off a cliff. The Note 3 just came out yesterday.
After 3 months of sales we will see whether Apple’s iPhones are selling well.
Trolls are trolling.
gracias