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superchunk on 24 September 2012
Train wreck said:
superchunk said:

Huge difference is way over doing it.

Taller screen, LTE (if you have it in your carrier), faster WiFi, and... what else? The general performance shouldn't be really noticeable and the software is the same. There is no other differences that I can think of. To me, those couple things are definitely not worh $100 let alone £100.

My 4S friends are sticking with their phones until next revision at this point. My couple 4 friends are upgrading as the camera and performace changes are actually noticeable and you get Siri.

Not sure on Galaxy S3's total, but I know just a month or so ago it was the king of US, surpassing the iPhone in total userbase. Meaning that iPhone5 would not only have to sell to 100% of Apples current base, but also get a lot of Android/S3 users to switch (highly unlikely). Meaning that not only is iOS not even close to Android in marketshare, but as a single phone, iPhone is no longer king. Just ties into the other thread where I was talking about the lack of innovation in iOS6. It seems like Apple is starting to just become a player vs a leader/innovator. I want innovation because I want to see the market continue to exponentially grow!

Your entire 4th paragraph is fud 

What's fud?

Google the news. Just a few weeks ago, up to a month maybe, S3 was shown to be top seller in US. So it will take a lot of new 5's (not just resell to current base) to beat that. (http://www.techgadgetsweb.com/10687/samsung-galaxy-s3-top-selling-mobile-iphone-5-beat-it) Just one article talking about the, then old, news. Hell, I'm even sure there was a VGC thread about it.

Its been known for years that Android is dominating phone marketshare. It is known.

iOS6 brings absolutely nothing new to the mobile world. It doesn't even improve on any existing techs. Kinda why it got a big meh from entire mobile community. iOS4 brought cool stuff with video/pics and other, iOS5 brought siri that improved what Google had done for years with voice, and iOS6 brought nothing but a gimped map app.

I think you are just ignoring facts because those were the points of my 4th paragraph and none of it is fud.



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Cub on 24 September 2012

How many units did GS3 move worldwide (not just the US)? I think iPhone 5 can easily beat it.



JerCotter7 on 24 September 2012

These threads are funny to watch. Well mainly just 2 users going nuts over anything apple and probably getting violent at their computers when someone says something negative.



twesterm on 24 September 2012
superchunk said:
man-bear-pig said:
superchunk said:

Apple can and will certainly sell more, question is if it can regain is US lead over Samsung's Galaxy S3. :) Personally, if I was an Apple user, idk why anyone would upgrade if they have the 4S. I don't see enough to pay the price. If you have the 4, then you're close to upgrade anyways and you get a decently faster phone, better camera, and Siri.


My friend has a 4s and we were comparing it to my iPhone 5 earlier. There is a HUGE difference. Regarding upgrading, I'm pretty sure a 4s user could upgrade to an iPhone 5 early for a relatively small fee of ~£100

Do you know how many Galaxy s3's have been sold in the states?

Huge difference is way over doing it.

Taller screen, LTE (if you have it in your carrier), faster WiFi, and... what else? The general performance shouldn't be really noticeable and the software is the same. There is no other differences that I can think of. To me, those couple things are definitely not worh $100 let alone £100.

My 4S friends are sticking with their phones until next revision at this point. My couple 4 friends are upgrading as the camera and performace changes are actually noticeable and you get Siri.

Not sure on Galaxy S3's total, but I know just a month or so ago it was the king of US, surpassing the iPhone in total userbase. Meaning that iPhone5 would not only have to sell to 100% of Apples current base, but also get a lot of Android/S3 users to switch (highly unlikely). Meaning that not only is iOS not even close to Android in marketshare, but as a single phone, iPhone is no longer king. Just ties into the other thread where I was talking about the lack of innovation in iOS6. It seems like Apple is starting to just become a player vs a leader/innovator. I want innovation because I want to see the market continue to exponentially grow!


This is my first 4G or LTE or whatever it is phone and so far the different has been pretty huge.  I only really used it yesterday but it was very noticeably quicker and that's good enough for me.  I used Siri a little (I had a 4 before so never had Siri) but I really don't care too much about it, same for the camera (my case actually blocked my camera on my iPhone 4).



 

man-bear-pig on 24 September 2012
Cub said:
How many units did GS3 move worldwide (not just the US)? I think iPhone 5 can easily beat it.


Samsung galaxy s3 has sold 20m worldwide since its release in July and its projected to sell around 30m by the end of the year. iPhone 5 is projected to sell over 58m by the end of the year.

Therefore, the iPhone 5 will sell double what the galaxy s3 has in only 3 months ...



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

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Cub on 24 September 2012
superchunk said:
Train wreck said:
superchunk said:

Huge difference is way over doing it.

Taller screen, LTE (if you have it in your carrier), faster WiFi, and... what else? The general performance shouldn't be really noticeable and the software is the same. There is no other differences that I can think of. To me, those couple things are definitely not worh $100 let alone £100.

My 4S friends are sticking with their phones until next revision at this point. My couple 4 friends are upgrading as the camera and performace changes are actually noticeable and you get Siri.

Not sure on Galaxy S3's total, but I know just a month or so ago it was the king of US, surpassing the iPhone in total userbase. Meaning that iPhone5 would not only have to sell to 100% of Apples current base, but also get a lot of Android/S3 users to switch (highly unlikely). Meaning that not only is iOS not even close to Android in marketshare, but as a single phone, iPhone is no longer king. Just ties into the other thread where I was talking about the lack of innovation in iOS6. It seems like Apple is starting to just become a player vs a leader/innovator. I want innovation because I want to see the market continue to exponentially grow!

Your entire 4th paragraph is fud 

What's fud?

Google the news. Just a few weeks ago, up to a month maybe, S3 was shown to be top seller in US. So it will take a lot of new 5's (not just resell to current base) to beat that. (http://www.techgadgetsweb.com/10687/samsung-galaxy-s3-top-selling-mobile-iphone-5-beat-it) Just one article talking about the, then old, news. Hell, I'm even sure there was a VGC thread about it.

Top seller for August and probably September? Before that it was 4S for 10 months in a row (since October 2011), and that's for the US alone. I don't think the numbers compare worldwide.

Let's see how many i5s Apple are gonna sell in the upcoming months.



Train wreck on 24 September 2012

SIII worldwide in its first 100 days moved 20 million according to Samsung, no breakdown regionally, no shipped vs sold.

Apple currently 5 million in 3 days.

As for superchunk and his link to a random guys talking about cell phones, it give no real breakdown of what phone sold the most in any given month lol.

Back when Verizon, ATT and Sprint reported earnings, each reported that the iphone 4s was the top selling phone for their respective network.



Cub on 24 September 2012
man-bear-pig said:
Cub said:
How many units did GS3 move worldwide (not just the US)? I think iPhone 5 can easily beat it.


Samsung galaxy s3 has sold 20m worldwide since its release in July and its projected to sell around 30m by the end of the year. iPhone 5 is projected to sell over 58m by the end of the year.

Therefore, the iPhone 5 will sell double what the galaxy s3 has in only 3 months ...


What about 4S? I think both will outsul the Galaxy S3. Go Apple! Don't make superhcunk happy! ;o



ethomaz on 24 September 2012

superchunk said:

What's fud?

Google the news. Just a few weeks ago, up to a month maybe, S3 was shown to be top seller in US. So it will take a lot of new 5's (not just resell to current base) to beat that. (http://www.techgadgetsweb.com/10687/samsung-galaxy-s3-top-selling-mobile-iphone-5-beat-it) Just one article talking about the, then old, news. Hell, I'm even sure there was a VGC thread about it.

Its been known for years that Android is dominating phone marketshare. It is known.

iOS6 brings absolutely nothing new to the mobile world. It doesn't even improve on any existing techs. Kinda why it got a big meh from entire mobile community. iOS4 brought cool stuff with video/pics and other, iOS5 brought siri that improved what Google had done for years with voice, and iOS6 brought nothing but a gimped map app.

I think you are just ignoring facts because those were the points of my 4th paragraph and none of it is fud.

You know that's August only because people are waiting the iPhone 5 release.

The last iPhone (4S) sold 10x more than S3 in total userbase.

So you are wayyyyyyyyyyyyy wrong.



ethomaz on 24 September 2012

A better link for @superchunk stop to talk bullshit.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-iphone-4s-galaxy-s-iii-sales-20120905,0,2090075.story

"Galaxy S III outsells iPhone 4S in the U.S. for the first time

The Samsung Galaxy S III became the top-selling phone in the U.S. after beating the iPhone 4S in August."