Galaxy S 5 outsells iPhone 5S during respective launch weekends [Infographic]

April 24, 2014

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I have to admit, I am a little surprised by this news. Love or hate Apple products, their fans go crazy when a new iPhone or iPad launches. However, it doesn't seem like they go as crazy as I thought they did.

iQmetrix specializes in retail management software for the wireless industry, so they have a good handle on the data from retail channels. According to them, during the launch weekend of April 11-13, the Galaxy S 5 snagged 25% and 18% of the smartphone market share in the USA and Canada respectively. One the other hand, the iPhone 5S was only able to snag 18% and 13% in the USA and Canada respectively for its launch weekend of September 20-22.

We have the full infographic after the break, which shows more info such as the breakdown by region and the sales performance for both companies leading up to their launches.

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source: iQmetrix
via: GSMArena

Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.

5 comments

Christian Brüggemann says:

April 25, 2014 at 3:45 AM

This is a terrible infographic.

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Michael says:

April 24, 2014 at 3:34 PM

These are bizarre metrics to choose, and don’t reflect the Headline.

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joey says:

April 24, 2014 at 11:20 AM

And this is the viewpoint of a nexus 5 owner and mathematician, for everyone who would have otherwise assumed i owned an iphone

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seeknemo says:

April 24, 2014 at 11:11 AM

Hahahahaha

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joey says:

April 24, 2014 at 11:09 AM

This is just a percentage, your assuming that the same amount of phone are brought at the diffenrent times of year

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