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Iphone 4S fails to make top spot
CAPPUCCINO COMPANY Apple's Iphone 4S has failed to make the top spot as Samsung's Galaxy S II has maintained its lead, according to Uswitch data.
According to Uswitch's October mobile tracker, the Galaxy S II is the most popular handset for the sixth month in a row. The tracker ranks the most popular handsets based on live searches and sales.
Perhaps it's not surprising that the Iphone 4S entered the top ten in sixth place, as it did not launch until half way through the month, on 14 October. However, Uswitch's experts said they expected the strength of the phone to propel it to "a much higher rank".
Next month, the Galaxy S II will face competition from a full month of Iphone 4S online availability, as well as Nokia's recently launched Lumia 800 and Samsung's own Galaxy Nexus.
Sony Ericsson fell out of the charts once again, leaving the top ten phones in October comprising just three manufacturers - Samsung, Apple and HTC. Two HTC phones - Sensation and Wildfire - each fell three places in the rankings.
Meanwhile, Google's Android powered eight of the top ten handsets.
Uswitch's Ernest Doku said he expects to see new handsets "shake up the mobile chart", adding that the Iphone 4S has seen "a solid - if slightly underwhelming - start". µ
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The hardware race has basically finished Apple has shown this by releasing something that near enough compares to the Samsung S2 that came out half a year ago?...(and cheaper by £80-odd)
Now the race is if software can keep up the pace to the hardware, so it`s down to Android, IO(x) and mobile win7.
Microsoft may show that this isn`t a issue with mobile win7 ...
It`s all down to user preference of mobile operating system at the end of the day.
(quick paid analysts better say this before the obvious is realised)
It would be better if the article actually was clearer if the searches conducted was on queries about the gs2 (and other phones) NOT searches made ON the phones themselves.
I think its's definitely the former and not the latter or else apple's iphone 4S would definitely score lower since it was introduced just weeks ago IF it was all about internet searches conducted from these phones.
Eh. Don't read so much into these comparisons. Remember, nearly EVERYONE using an iPhone 4S will be likely be using Siri to conduct searches, and that means most new iPhone 4S users have been bypassing the search engines upon which the data for these statistics depend. Whether iPhone 4S is top in sales or not can no longer be determined by current sampling techniques, thanks to Siri. Actual SALES comparisons (which Samsung hasn't released for the Galaxy S2--units shipped to distributed aren't the same as units sold) are needed before we know for sure who is really on top.
Best,
Dan