Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Samsung and Apple nearly tied for total computer, tablet, and smartphone shipments last quarter

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By now, it's no surprise that Apple and Samsung are slugging it out for dominance in the tablet and smartphone markets, not to mention more "traditional" computing platforms like laptops and desktops. However, Samsung has always been a little bit cagey about giving away exact numbers, so noted data house IDC has put together some estimates to show exactly how close things are — in Q4 of 2012, Samsung held a 21.2 percent marketshare of all smartphone, tablet, desktop, and laptop sales worldwide, with Apple trailing just behind at 20.3 percent.


That's a pretty massive jump for Apple, which sat at 15.7 percent of the total market in Q3 2012 —not surprisingly, IDC attributed the iPhone 5 and iPad mini launches for helping Apple close...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4148404/samsung-and-apple-nearly-tied-for-total-device-shipments

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