According to a recent report from Concord Genuity, the iPhone 4S was the highest selling smartphone at Sprint, Verizon and AT&T during this November, emphasizing on the fact that Apple seems to have successfully fended off tough competition from a host of top range Android powered smartphones manufactured by companies such as Samsung, LG, Motorola and HTC. The 4S has emerged at the top of the lists for all of the major wireless carriers in the US which are offering the phone, whereas the Galaxy II manufactured by Samsung has come out on top at T-Mobile. The GalaxyS II also took second spots at AT&T and Sprint, between the iPhone 4S above it and the iPhone 4 below. At Verizon, which does not carry the S II, Motorola Droid Razr and the Rezound manufactured by HTC completed the top three smartphones in terms of total sales.
The company based in Cupertino, California has now had its smartphones as the top sellers at Verizon and AT&T for every month of this year, first with the iPhone 4 and then the 4S. The pattern was continued with Sprint this October as the 4S was launched on the carrier. However, despite this, the smartphones manufactured by Samsung have given very close competition to Apple all along the way. Some time ago this year, the Samsung Droid Charge 4G at Verizon and the Samsung Infuse 4G at AT&T competed closely with Apple each month, taking a close second spot behind the Apple iPhone at the two carriers. The GalaxyS II now seems to be continuing that trend with even more pace at AT&T and Sprint.
This year, Samsung has already overtaken Apple to become the biggest manufacturer of smartphones in terms of volume; however the company has not succeeded in surpassing the sales of the iPhone even with its top-of-the-line smartphones which boast of better specs and more features than the iPhone. The release of the 4S by Apple this October helped the company dent the momentum developed by the S II, and the handset succeeded in selling much more units than any of its predecessors in the first few weeks after its launch. However, Samsung is not giving up any plans to compete as hard as possible with Apple’s juggernaut as it plans to launch the Galaxy Nexus with Verizon some time later this month.
