Samsung Galaxy S III keeps the top spot in British smartphone market in October

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pezus said:

famousringo said:

JOKA_ said:

I don't mean to take away from the SIII's success, but is the iPhone 5 supply constrained in the UK?

I live in the US and I've been trying to get my hands on an iPhone 5 for literally (no exaggeration here) 2 months and still no luck. Apple/Verizon have zero in stock and you need to order them in advance.

iPhone 5 is supply constrained everywhere. 3-4 weeks shipping in both US and UK if you buy from Apple (who will ship it straight from China).

Also, these numbers are just one region, just one month, and since these guys are breaking down phones by SKU, it's worth noting that SGS3 will be split between four SKUs (2 colours, two storage tiers) while iPhone 5 is split by six (2 colours, 3 tiers).

Are the white Galaxies and iPhones really that far behind Blue/Black? They're not even on the chart.

Odd, isn't it?

Also, I just noticed this line from the artcile:

according to the latest uSwitch.comMobile Tracker which is based on live searches, pre-orders and pay monthly sales.

WTF, live searches? They're basing this list partly on freakin' web searches?

And that's when I realized that we aren't talking about the UK, we're talking about phone contract sales on a single goddamn web site where UK citizens can compare the best offers and save!

Edit: As ethomaz already pointed out and the whole thread is conveniently ignoring.