Samsung achieves #1 spot in Q3 as shipments top Apple, Nokia

October 20, 2011

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Reports are saying that Samsung has sold more than 20 million smartphones in Q3 of this year, nudging Apple out of the top spot for the first time since the original iPhone was released. Tuesday, Apple announced that September quarter sales of the iPhone peaked at 17.1 million, 3 million short of analyst expectations. According to The Wall Street Journal's anonymous source, Sammy banged out 20 million units in one quarter, just under 3 million more than Apple had reported.

Nokia shipped 16.8 million smartphones in the same quarter, down 38% from 27.1 million from a year earlier. Although Samsung has not officially revealed Q3 shipment figures, reports are saying that they have taken the title of #1 smartphone vendor by volume in the third quarter of 2011. We may never see an official Q3 report from Samsung as they have stopped reporting sales figures unless a milestone in achieved. With the upcoming release of the Galaxy Nexus, we only expect these figures to increase.

[via WSJ]

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Stacy Bruce was born and raised in Spokane Washington. He attended the University of Washington to study pre-med only to change his course study a year later to forensic science. Although currently not a doctor or a scientist, some believe he posseses the knowledge of both. He was a resident of San Diego California for ten years, lived beachside and sometimes wonders why the hell he moved back to Spokane. A multi-talented man, Stacy is a fabricator, an artist, a gear head, a tech junkie and at most, the disciple of Casanova. Growing up, he was always enthralled with electronics, gadgets and gizmos. Throughout his life he has had one, if not two, of every cool and new electronic device available. He began his smartphone experience with the original iPhone. After realizing it was more like theirPhone, he decided he wanted the ability to customize, so Stacy moved to the OG Droid and has been a loyal Android fanatic ever since. Moving through all of the top tier Verizon phones, he recently retired his Droid Charge in favor of the Galaxy Nexus, only to wonder what great device Samsung will come out with next. Stacy is a busy new homeowner in where he lives with his beautiful girlfriend and two dogs.