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iPhone 5, 4S top selling smartphones worldwide

by Steven Sande (Feb 20th, 2013)

What with Forbes speculating that Apple leaked "iWatch" plans out of desperation and the recent counterintuitive drop in share price after the company's last stellar earnings report, one would think that Apple's on the verge of going out of business. Strategy Analytics has new data out ...

Samsung Galaxy S III bests iPhone 4S in Q3 2012 smartphone sales

by Steven Sande (Nov 8th, 2012)

The battle for smartphone superiority continues, and Samsung won out in the last quarter as the Galaxy S III beat the iPhone 4S in terms of global sales. Strategy Analytics notes that Samsung sold 18 million units of the highly touted Galaxy S III, compared to "just" 16.2 million units of ...

iPhone 5 outperforms Galaxy S III in damage tests

by Steven Sande (Oct 2nd, 2012)

Despite reports about the iPhone 5's aluminum back being easily scratched, Byte is reporting that tests of the iPhone 5 show that it is much more durable than its biggest competitor -- Samsung's Galaxy S III. Byte cited torture tests from three different sources: PhoneDoctors, Android ...

ChangeWave: Advance demand for next-gen iPhone "off the charts"

by Steven Sande (Jul 23rd, 2012)

Apple 2.0's Philip Elmer-DeWitt reported today on a new ChangeWave Research survey of purchasing plans for upcoming smartphones. The survey shows that the unannounced next-generation iPhone has an "unprecedented" amount of advance demand. The survey offered 4,042 American consumers brief ...