Comments on: Samsung Galaxy S3 Tops iPhone in Q3 for Best Selling Smartphone in the World

By: Akeem McAllister

Akeem McAllister — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:31:00 +0000

Great points. I am happy with any product that has Android in it. I am guessing I am a sheep of some sort. Although I still have a deeper love for Android. I love what Android does. With Apple things just seem too rigid and unreal. Nothing to me is unique when I see a few of my friends with iPhones. These people I know are even too lazy to change their ringtone. One of their phones ring and everyone is looking at their phone. Quite embarrassing and ridiculous if you ask me. Granted their ringtones does not have to be obnoxious songs but something unique. I just love Android simply for pure innovation and renovation of already great ideas.

I am not blind to the fact that Google is a business and they are all in it for the numbers. Either way I will be more happier in the end if Apple and Google can make a mends and create a better way of communication among the platforms despite the OS you are dealing with. Back to my original point marketing is key in this business. Some Apple users love their phones because that is what is marketed to them. Android users love their devices as well but for different reasons. I think a phone connection study should be conducted to see the difference. Indeed Samsung has been on marketing success and has convinced me not successfully yet but have made me want to get a SGSIII.

By: William Peterson

William Peterson — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:19:00 +0000

That’s funny, sad and true.

By: Erick Johnson

Erick Johnson — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:52:00 +0000

The first generation Samsung Galaxy phones bear a striking resemblance to the iPhone. Are there very noticeable differences? Obviously. Do those differences that prevent them from looking similar? Nope. If you don’t believe me, Google it. If you still don’t agree after Googling it, I think you’re either being stubborn or you found the wrong pictures.

Anyway, regardless of what smartphone you have, people are going to ask you “is that the iPhone” and “that isn’t the iPhone, what is that?” Seriously, I’ve been asked how I like my iPhone (I have the Droid X) and I’ve seen people ask my friends what phone they have (he clearly had an iPhone as did the person asking).

By: Erick Johnson

Erick Johnson — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:41:00 +0000

Excellent point. At the end of the day, even if your product is the best, you aren’t going to be successful without a strong marketing campaign and a healthy amount of hype. Employ masterful marketing and sales will follow (as we’ve seen).

By: Alex Moore

Alex Moore — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 06:53:00 +0000

DId you tell him they were both $199?

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:27:00 +0000

, I saw a review on aots on g4tv that recommended buying the ipad 2 for the same price of a mini and the specs were equal to it but the ipad 2 was a lil better.

By: dangolds

dangolds — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:12:00 +0000

I think the market share discussion is already happening now, and it’s a valid argument. Apple must realize that by releasing one phone/year, they’ll never be #1 in market share. But as it stands right now, they eat up the majority of the profits earned in the smartphone industry despite being a distant #2 in global market share. If they try to take more share, it will cost them from a profit standpoint. So the question is, what’s more important if you’re running a business? Is it as vital for Apple to be first in market share as it is for Google, given their different business models?

Based on how well Apple’s devices sell, I’m assuming you’d acknowledge the reality that they could easily increase their market share by being like Samsung and releasing more devices in a year. Not saying this would make iOS #1 in share percentage over Android, but it could certainly get Apple into the 30-35% range for market share.

By: Tessa

Tessa — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:39:00 +0000

Most Individual models don’t have to sell more than the iPhone. That’s because there are lots of models to choose from. If *every* model of Android phone outsold the iPhone for a quarter or two every year, Apple’s overall share would be a tiny fraction of where it is.

Instead, this marks the first time that any one model of Android phone was individually so popular that it beat out the current iPhone, even in a slow quarter for iPhones. This means that, overall, the Galaxy S series is gaining on the iPhone. Maybe next year it will win 2 quarters, or 3. If so, I’m sure it will mean that we have to listen to lots of Apple enthusiasts talk about how market share doesn’t matter anyway.

By: wm snyder

wm snyder — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:24:00 +0000

noooooooooo!!!

By: wm snyder

wm snyder — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:22:00 +0000

disagree!!!!!!!!!!!

By: dangolds

dangolds — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:14:00 +0000

Yeah, I have to disagree with you guys on that one. I have an iPhone 3GS for work and will be upgrading to an iPhone 5 there shortly (I have a GS3 for my personal phone). My wife has an iPhone 4 to also use as a basis for comparison. The hardware design in terms of screen quality, use of glass, thinness, weight, etc has changed considerably over the last 3-4 years. iOS still looks the same in appearance but has added a good number of functions over the same timeframe. The real problem is that the iPhone 4s didn’t change in appearance compared to the iPhone 4, and iOS 6 didn’t change much compared to iOS5 aside from the map debacle. But if your point is that the iPhone hasn’t innovated or changed much since its early versions from a few years ago, I think you either haven’t used multiple versions of the iPhone or you’re just speaking out of ignorance. That’s not to say that Samsung hasn’t improved their devices considerably either, because they certainly have. But maps aside, I’ve played around a bit with an iPhone 5 and it has very much come a long way from the iPhones of 3 or 4 years ago.
As for the original poster above, all iPhones are not the same. They clearly share a similar physical design and are rooted in the same base software, but there have been plenty of improvements over the years which is why a lot of Apple fans continue to buy the product. Unfortunately, the poster is too ignorant to realize that his own wording makes him come across as the type of stupid fanboy that he’s attempting to mock.

By: dangolds

dangolds — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:57:00 +0000

The latest Razr Maxx HD commercial where the guy blows up the wall is beyond lame. Give me the Samsung MILF anytime over the random dude who lives in a random, 4-walled outdoor compound with nothing better to do besides blowing up his house with his phone.

By: dangolds

dangolds — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:55:00 +0000

I wonder what Android fans on sites like this think of the whole marketing issue. It’s worth noting that Samsung is tearing it up on sales by marketing themselves as the newer, cooler alternative to Apple. Nowhere in Samsung’s commercials, however, do you see or hear any reference to Android, Jelly Bean, Google Now, quad core processors, benchmark tests, notifications, or custom ROMS. Many fans on this site swear by Android for the features I just listed and/or several others, but the general public pretty much doesn’t know or care about this stuff. The general public will buy the “cool” phone regardless of OS. So now that the GS3 is drawing customers by generating the same type of buzz that Apple does, does that mean millions of Android users through the Galaxy platform are the equivalent of iSheep? And is that acceptable to some of the diehards on here just as long as an Android phone was purchased over an iPhone?
For the record, I don’t think most people who buy either platform are blind sheep, and there’s plenty of reasons I could argue for buying either an iPhone or an Android device. I’ve owned both platforms and like them both for different reasons. But given the general disdain that’s reflected on Android-based sites for the sheer number of people who buy iPhones (“they don’t know any better”, “they are blindly following Apple”, etc) why would that same rationale not apply to purchasers of the GS3? You really think most of the tens of millions of GS3 purchasers did so because they fell in love with the spec listing, swore by Android only devices and couldn’t wait to root their phones the moment they opened up the box? Many of these customers were simply made aware of the device through aggressive and effective marketing, and upon purchasing the GS3 realized they liked what it had to offer. That’s pretty much been the reason why the iPhone has been successful for the past 5 years. So does that mean we now have both G-sheep and iSheep to unnecessarily insult?

By: dangolds

dangolds — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:33:00 +0000

Chalk that one up under “marketing” as well. Certainly MILFs making sex videos and funny spoofs of your chief rival sell better than listing out specs or getting into a holy war over software platforms.

By: dangolds

dangolds — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:28:00 +0000

Ummmmm…..isn’t the iPhone 5 selling pretty well? As readers below have commented, you’re comparing sales of a new model (GS3) against sales of last year’s model (iPhone 4S). There’s no doubt that the Galaxy line is a huge commercial success and is drawing tons of interest, but I’m pretty sure that the iPhone 5 is still selling like crazy. I just think there’s more of an equilibrium now where an iPhone model that’s nearly a year old is no longer guaranteed to be the best selling model in the marketplace. It’s still funny to me that the 4S was outselling all of the other Android phones though – some of those OEMs ought to invest a little more in their marketing departments.