{"id":2279,"date":"2011-10-21T12:41:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T20:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2011-11-14T12:48:07","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T20:48:07","slug":"is-samsung-the-leading-mobile-phone-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/is-samsung-the-leading-mobile-phone-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Samsung The Leading Mobile Phone Provider?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/samsung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2281\" title=\"samsung\" src=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/samsung-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/samsung-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/samsung-342x305.jpg 342w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/samsung.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">cell phone<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> manufacturer contest shows <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">virtually no<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> sign of abating as a Samsung insider <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">boasts<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> that the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">company<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> shipped more phones than Nokia or Apple <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">throughout<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> the last quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Apple <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">has<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> revealed that it sold 17.1 million iPhones <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">in its<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> quarter that ended in September, while Nokia <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">claims<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> to have shipped a mere 16.8 million smart phones.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s iPhone 4S <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">is<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> on sale and selling <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">well<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">4<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> million sold <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">in the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">initial<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> weekend), and even the rarely-humble Apple <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">conceded<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> that iPhone sales dropped off towards the tail end of the quarter as the public <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">awaited<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">the brand new<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">handset<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">.<\/p>\n<p>The Samsung Galaxy Nexus <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">is set<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> to find its way to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">retailers<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">in early<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> November and, with the flagship Android 4.0 handset, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">it&#8217;s<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> likely to do <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">extremely<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> well <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">through the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> run up to Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Nokia is set to unveil <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">the very first<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> round of its Windows Phone smart phones at Nokia World <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">in the near future<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">no one<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> really knows how well <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">they&#8217;ll be<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> received.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cell phone manufacturer contest shows virtually no sign of abating as a Samsung insider boasts that the company shipped more phones than Nokia or Apple throughout the last quarter. 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