Samsung Phones Beat Apple!

NEW YORK: Samsung Electronic Co hit the market by surprise when it shipped more smartphones than the darling in the industry, Apple! The latest ratings based on quarterly sales of both manufacturers, and the figures clearly outline how Samsung has outrun Apple.

The sales analysts believe that this is the normal trend of Apple, Inc. as it has been doing so from the start and there is always a lack of available equipment. Apple sold 17.1 million iPhones in the third quarter, 3 million fewer than expected. Samsung, meanwhile, shipped more than 27 million, according to analyst estimates.

Apple's latest iPhone, the 4S, didn't come out until the quarter ended, so its sales are not included in the figure. People held back on buying older models in anticipation of the new iPhone, which came out Oct. 14. Apple said it sold more than 4 million units in its first weekend on sale, and that should be reflected in the tally for the current, holiday quarter.

The most common issue outlined is the lack of models available for Apple when compared to Samsung. Apple currently ships only Iphone 3GS and 4 when compared to Samsung's Conquer, Replenish, Focus and Indulge. IHS estimates that Samsung sold about 40 different models during the third quarter.

Although the Seoul based Samsung doesn't publish the official count of phones that are exported, but the estimates are that the 17.3 million phones are in market from Samsung. Although when compared to revenue, the Apple still holds the upper hand as Samsung does have the options for both cheap phones and high end models, which the company considers as a broader spectrum of users in its reach. 

Apple also holds the top notch with the brand still dominating the tech world for its shear quality, where Samsung does show a single model Galaxy to the league.

Although the competition continues between Samsung and Apple, the real leader in the market is still the Finnish company, Nokia, who sells 16.8 million phones this quarter which is three times what Samsung or Apple has done in the same period!

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Android Icecream Sandwich leaked!

The much awaited version of android 'Icecream Sandwich' seems to have leaked through a Samsung mobile that got sold over ebay. The claim is done by a customer who had purchased the Samsung Nexus phone through ebay and this came pre-loaded with the latest android OS. The customer had took several photos and also uploaded videos of the menu and other features of the new OS. 

The incident was reported on Engadget, the new OS does show a lot of similar features to Honeycomb OS, dedicated to the tablet PC's and the Gingerbread version of the OS. Reports suggest that new features include a Movie Studio app, an app called "People," which is said to be a "Contacts" update and "Backup" and "Reset" options. The OS will also reportedly pack a revamped look for notification bar, camera UI and other menus. There are also speculations that the OS will feature four shortcuts on the bottom in contrast to two found on vanilla 2.3.

The new version of Android seems to be a mix of both tablet PC and mobile and might be a universal version of the OS. The preview of the OS was shown in May, at the Google I/O conference. Recently the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference revealed that the Icecream Sandwich release of Android OS will be on October or November.

We are expecting the release to be done in October 11 when Samsung will be hosting the ceremony "Samsung Mobile Unpacked: Google Episode' to release its latest version of Nexus Smartphones.

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Apple wants Galaxy Tab Banned in Australia!

SYDNEY: The global fight between Apple and Samsung continues and this time the case is strong in Australia, where the Apple Inc has filed petition against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for violation of 7 patents under ipad. The lawyers for Apple Inc has mentioned that the sales of Samsung tab with these violations might interfere the market for ipad and hence should be banned.

Steven Burley, the advocate for Apple Inc, mentioned that "They ought to clear the way in advance rather than attempt to crash through". Apple is seeking justice in the Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett to prohibit the sale of Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Australia.

The dispute had started as a part of the dispute which happened in US between the two companies. The Cupertino, California based Apple Inc had blamed Samsung of imitating slavishly the designs and technologies of its iphone and ipad models. Samsung countered by filing cases in South Korea, Germany and Japan.

According to statistics, Apple's ipad does have 73% of the market sales this year and the android based models including Samsung have just 17% hold in the market. Samsung, a Suwon, South Korea based company has now delayed their sales in Australia and is waiting on Bennett's rule on the complaint. 

Apple lawyer, Burley claim that Samsung currently infringe 10 patents on design on its US model, the 'downsized' model that is set to be released in Australia still infringe 3 of Apple's patents. However, David Carterns, lawyer to Samsung mentioned that the version to be released in Australia is not a 'reduced functionality' model.

Samsung has also counter-filed against this petition on September 17 mentioning that ipad and iphone does infringe seven of its patents on wireless communication standards. 

A German judge had banned the sale of Samsung Galaxy 10.1 earlier this year following the infringement case filed by Apple, and the Apple Inc also won the case to draw injunction on the sale of Samsung 7.7 which is a much more smaller tablet PC. This had forced Samsung to withdraw the product from IFA Consumer electronics show held at Berlin earlier this month.

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