Samsung’s Flagship Galaxy S3 became the world’s best selling smartphone in the third quarter of 2012, overtaking Apple’s iPhone 4S sales.
The results, released by Strategy Analytics, a market research and consulting firm, show that the Samsung Galaxy S3 sold 18 million units in Q3 in comparison to the iPhone 4S’s 16.2 million.
In addition Samsung’s global market share increased drastically from 3.5% in Q2 to 10.7% in Q3 in comparison to Apple’s market share slipping from 12.7% to 9.7%.
The results also take into account the sales figures of Apple’s latest iPhone, the iPhone 5, which according to the figures sold 6 million units in Q3 and as expected had an impact on the 4S sales with Apple fans looking to get their hands on the company’s latest offering.
Source: The Next Web
