Samsung passes Apple's iPhone in smartphone Web usage - report
A new study has found that more people in the world are using Samsung-made smartphones to access the Internet than are using Apple's iPhone, marking the first time that has been the case.
StatCounter's latest Internet Wars Report (PDF) found that, in the month of June, Samsung devices accounted for 25.43 percent of smartphone Internet usage, compared to 25.09 for Apple's iPhone devices. Samsung has moved into the leadership position in smartphone web use over the course of the last year, which has seen the South Korean tech giant's share grow from 19.46 percent just 12 months ago.
Apple's share over the same period has shrunk from 25.43 percent. Earlier this year, Apple passed Nokia in terms of mobile web usage. In the United Kingdom and the United States, StatCounter found, Apple is still the clear leader in smartphone web usage.
A look back at StatCounter's trend line shows the two rivals' graphs gradually converging since about February of this year. That trend became more pronounced in over the past two months, likely due to the strong sales of Samsung's new Galaxy S4 flagship model.
Samsung is also helped along by its scattershot approach to producing devices. Whereas Apple so far releases only one model of iPhone per year, Samsung's models can number in the dozens, hitting an array of price points, form factors, and operating systems.
While Samsung gained, other manufacturers suffered. Apple saw its share decline slightly, but BlackBerry (N?e RIM) continues to struggle mightily and Nokia's nosedive appears only to have stalled, but not necessarily reversed. The month of June saw Nokia trending slightly upward, but whether the Finnish phone maker ? which once sat atop the mobile world ? can maintain that momentum is questionable.
StatCounter's report also looked at operating system market share, finding that Microsoft's Windows 7 is the top platform in the world, with about 52.62 percent of Internet usage. Windows 8 has is approaching six percent, conforming to prior measures of that system's progress.
Apple's OS X sits at 7.4 percent, according to StatCounter. StatCounter counts the iPad as a separate category of iOS, the report notes. Considering Apple's bestselling tablet in that fashion, the iPad reportedly accounts for about 4.2 percent of "non-mobile" Internet traffic.
StatCounter's latest Internet Wars Report (PDF) found that, in the month of June, Samsung devices accounted for 25.43 percent of smartphone Internet usage, compared to 25.09 for Apple's iPhone devices. Samsung has moved into the leadership position in smartphone web use over the course of the last year, which has seen the South Korean tech giant's share grow from 19.46 percent just 12 months ago.
Apple's share over the same period has shrunk from 25.43 percent. Earlier this year, Apple passed Nokia in terms of mobile web usage. In the United Kingdom and the United States, StatCounter found, Apple is still the clear leader in smartphone web usage.
A look back at StatCounter's trend line shows the two rivals' graphs gradually converging since about February of this year. That trend became more pronounced in over the past two months, likely due to the strong sales of Samsung's new Galaxy S4 flagship model.
Samsung is also helped along by its scattershot approach to producing devices. Whereas Apple so far releases only one model of iPhone per year, Samsung's models can number in the dozens, hitting an array of price points, form factors, and operating systems.
While Samsung gained, other manufacturers suffered. Apple saw its share decline slightly, but BlackBerry (N?e RIM) continues to struggle mightily and Nokia's nosedive appears only to have stalled, but not necessarily reversed. The month of June saw Nokia trending slightly upward, but whether the Finnish phone maker ? which once sat atop the mobile world ? can maintain that momentum is questionable.
StatCounter's report also looked at operating system market share, finding that Microsoft's Windows 7 is the top platform in the world, with about 52.62 percent of Internet usage. Windows 8 has is approaching six percent, conforming to prior measures of that system's progress.
Apple's OS X sits at 7.4 percent, according to StatCounter. StatCounter counts the iPad as a separate category of iOS, the report notes. Considering Apple's bestselling tablet in that fashion, the iPad reportedly accounts for about 4.2 percent of "non-mobile" Internet traffic.
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The 5S, iOS 7, and potential low cost iPhone will see Apple put Samsung back in their place and crush the rest of the competition.
Could be because iPads aren't included? Are iPads included in the other reports?
Also Samsung has phones with their own OS, Windows, and Android.
As Alawys the low lives are at their game !
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Originally Posted by blackbook
Typical sales drop before the new model probably played a part in this, along with Samsung continuing to give away their devices.
The 5S, iOS 7, and potential low cost iPhone will see Apple put Samsung back in their place and crush the rest of the competition.
This is not a sales chart. It's a chart detailing internet usage.
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Originally Posted by genovelle
Weird considering when these numbers compare Apple to Google Apple is far ahead. How is that possible if Samsung is Android.
I think the difference is that these numbers are worldwide numbers, whereas what we've seen in the past was US only.
Really? So if an ice cream stand sells 25.43 pounds of chocolate in four sizes and 25.09 pounds of vanilla in four sizes, this means more PEOPLE are eating chocolate? Geez. Come on. This is extremely basic stuff.
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
A new study has found that more people in the world are using Samsung-made smartphones to access the Internet than are using Apple's iPhone, marking the first time that has been the case.
StatCounter's latest Internet Wars Report (PDF) found that, in the month of June, Samsung devices accounted for 25.43 percent of smartphone Internet usage, compared to 25.09 for Apple's iPhone devices.
IMPOSSIBLE
The takeaway from this is that Samsung and Apple benefited from Nokia's loss in web usage market share. I wonder if Nokia switching to Windows Phone 8 had anything to do with this...
This CANNOT be true.
Whoever came up with this ANALysis are nothing more than a bunch of PAYED Samscum SHILLS and TROLLS.
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
Which troll was it that dismissed Apple's recent 2-3% lead in a poll as "within the margin of error"? What will they make of a Samsung lead of 0.34%?
Do you really need to ask that question when you know what the answer will be?
Actually, it's due to two big factors:
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First, Cook relies on data provided every month by NetApplications, a Sunnyvale, Calif.--based outfit that counts the Web usage of both smartphones and tablets. StatCounter is counting only smartphones.
Second, NetApplications weighs its data according the Internat usage in each country surveyed.
StatCounter, by contrast, uses "no artificial weighting," as it proclaims proudly on its FAQ. In other words, data from a country with few Internet users (like Burma, where only 1.1% of the population is online) is treated the same as a country with heavy Internet usage (like Norway, where 95% of the population surfs the Web).
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/07/10/apple-samsung-internet-usage/
In other words, StatCounter's measurements are BS, especially because of point two.
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Originally Posted by 1983
Somewhat surprised by Samsung's sudden rapid rise in this department.
It's those really big screens - you know those tens of millions of big screened phones that no one actually buys or uses that are sitting unsold in warehouses where they were shipped to, but not sold.
Samsung are so sneaky they probably have robots in those warehouses accessing the internet on all those unsold devices just to drive up the stats.