Apple Dethroned By Samsung

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[b] Samsung claims top spot in global smartphone shipments for Q3 2011, Apple slips to number two[/b]

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On this edition of [i]As The Smartphone World Turns...[/i], we've got Samsung violently snatching victory from the jaws of Apple, claiming its spot at the top of global smartphone vendors once more. Dramatics aside, the latest shipment figures tallied up by Strategy Analytics are showing that worldwide smartphone shipments are up 44 percent year-over-year, reaching a staggering 117 million units in Q3 2011. Digging into that a bit, we're told that Samsung has overtaken Apple from a units-shipped standpoint, with Sammy moving 28 million smartphones and claiming 24 percent of the market share. If you'll recall, Apple [url="http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/04/apple-now-the-worlds-largest-smartphone-manufacturer-samsung-c/"]briefly[/url] grabbed hold of numero uno last quarter, but has now fallen a rung with 15 percent of the global pie. Of course, things could be dramatically different when we see Q4 2011 figures roll out -- remember, Q3 2011 was the last quarter in a long string with the aging iPhone 4 as Apple's "newest" device. Stranger still, Nokia is slotted third with just 14 percent of the global share, representing a precipitous drop from 33 percent a year ago. Similarly, Nokia's fortunes are apt to change with both the [url="http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/22/nokia-n9-review/"]N9[/url] finally out and its spate of [url="http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/26/nokia-lumia-800-hands-on/"]Windows Phone devices[/url] heading out in short order. Hop on past the break for the full breakdown.

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