Samsung Galaxy S4 to have 8 core processor, to be unveiled on March 14th?

[justinian]

Kynes said:

justinian said:

Kynes said:

I don't know why, I think you are a minority here thinking Samsung phones are made out of cheap plastic:

Rank . Brand . . . . 2012 units . . Share . . 2011 units . . Share . . 2010 units . . Share
1 (2) . Samsung . . 215.0 M . . . . 31.4% . . . 90.9 M . . . 18.7% . . . . 24.0 M . . . . 8.0%
2 (1) . Apple . . . . . 135.8 M . . . 19.8% . . . 93.1 M . . . 19.1% . . . . 47.5 M . . . . 15.9%
3 (8) . Huawei . . . . . 55.2 M . . . . 8.0% . . . 20.0 M . . . 4.1% . . . . . 5.0 M . . . . 1.5%
4 (3) . Nokia . . . . . . 35.0 M . . . . 5.1% . . . 77.3 M . . . 15.9% . . . 100.3 M . . . . 33.7%
5 (10) . ZTE . . . . . . 34.9 M . . . . 5.1% . . . 12.0 M . . . 2.5% . . . . .  3.5 M . . . . . 1.2%
6 (4) . RIM . . . . . . . 33.2 M . . . . 4.8% . . . 52.5 M . . . 10.8% . . . . 48.0 M . . . . 16.1%
7 (6) . Sony . . . . . . 31.9 M . . . . 4.6% . . . 26.8 M . . . 5.5% . . . . .  9.5 M . . . . 3.2%
8 (5) . HTC . . . . . . . 31.5 M . . . . 4.6% . . . 44.6 M . . . 9.2% . . . . 24.6 M . . . . 8.3%
9 (7) . LG . . . . . . . . 27.6 M . . . . 4.0% . . . 23.3 M . . . 4.8% . . . . . 7.0 M . . . . 2.4%
10 (-) . Lenovo . . . . 24.9 M . . . . 3.6% . . . . - - - . . . . . . . - -
Other . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 M . . . . 8.9%
TOTAL . . . . . . . . . 686.7 M . . . . . . . . . 486.0 M . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.8 M

 

Oh, Sony has gone down on brand position and marketshare during the last year, and Samsung has outsold them almost 7:1.

According to the BBC today Sony is now in fourth place.  I suppose it's all down to which source you choose to believe.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2013/2/15/smartphone-wars-2012-finalized-top-10-facts2c-manufacturers2c-platforms2c-actual-users.aspx

Sony was fourth on the Jul-Sep quarter, sixth on the Oct-Dec quarter.

Tomi Ahonen is the guy who has provided the best predictions and analysis of the smartphone market for years.

What you said is true.