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This is the first time a single phone (the SGS III) has outsold the iPhone in the U.S.

• Steko 14y ago
  minor nit: it wouldn't shock me if SGS 3 did win one or more months and I have no doubt devices will start to do that with regularity but that data point was questionable and looked to be based on carrier store data only. more minor nit: blackberry frequently outsold the iphone for several years. trivia/speculation: original droid launched 11/09 and finished 3rd to iphone 3gs's 2nd for the whole '09 holiday quarter (bb curve was #1) so it's not unlikely that the Droid was ahead of the iphone in one or both of Nov and Dec 09. I imagine there might be other months where single non-blackberry devices have beaten the iphone.
  • MatthewPhillips 14y ago
    Yes, I believe this is the first time a non-iPhone has won the quarter.
    • Steko 14y ago
      Maybe I wasn't clear but Blackberry won most quarters for the first 2 years of iphone. Also: the report was that GS3 "won" US sales in August not the quarter (which isn't over yet). Which may be true but the report looked like it was just counting carrier stores which doesn't necessarily mean they won overall. Whether the GS3 "wins" the quarter seems like a red herring given the iP5 will only have 2 weeks on sale this quarter.