I have read that Samsung has gone past Apple in the smartphone market thanks to the Galaxy S II. Based on a study from Strategy Analytics, Samsung took over 27.8% of the global market based on smartphones while Apple only had 17.1%. The Galaxy S II is basically a smart phone with dimensions of about 4.83 (in) in height and 2.6 (in) in width that uses the Android operating system. It was launched worldwide starting from May 2011 from more than 100 different counties. This device is said to be the best smartphone out there for this year.
Samsung's previous Galaxy handset called the "Galaxy S" was a major success that pleased many customers. With the Galaxy S II, more customers worldwide have been happy and the company decided to even make customized versions for certain major cell-phone carriers such as T-Mobile USA, Sprint Nextel as well as AT&T. This is huge, especially for those such as myself who want to use this phone because my cell phone carrier is Sprint Nextel.
Samsung has been doing extremely well though due to shares that have risen three times as much compared to their market share of 7.5% a year ago. This was huge while Apple's hardly went up at all the past year from 14.1%. However, their share is capable of increasing again now that their iPhone 4S was introduced from the early part of this month. Apple's growth only escalated in the third quarter due to operators & consumers, stiff competition from Samsung, and explosive economic conditions from a few important countries. This was due to both of them waiting for the new iPhone 4S to be launched in the next quarter.
In the future, I will be very curious based on how well Samsung continues to do. I think they are a great company who make super great products such as their LCD TVs, cell phones, etc. and I hope they will continue to succeed in the market.
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