News: Samsung forced to reveal embarrassing US sales figures

Desperate Fantast

Talk about being owned.

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The patent trial between Apple and Samsung is proving to be a gold mine for anyone who follows these companies closely.

Yesterday, Apple and Samsung revealed a detailed breakdown of their U.S. smartphone and tablet sales figures for the first time ever, which we found via The Verge.

Apple, for its part, does disclose global sales figures for the iPhone and iPad each quarter, but the company never breaks it down by U.S. sales.

As you can see in the court document below, Apple has sold nearly 86 million iPhones in the U.S. from when the phone first launched in 2007 through the second quarter of this year. Meanwhile, the company has sold 34 million iPads in this country from when that product launched in 2010 through the second quarter of this year.

By comparison, the court documents show that Samsung has sold 21 million smartphones in a grand total in the U.S. and just 1.4 million tablets between June 2010 and June of this year. One caveat here is that these numbers only include Samsung products that are accused of infringing on Apple patents, but as you can see in the charts below, there are a lot of them and these are by and large Samsung's most popular products.

Here is the chart breaking down Samsung's smartphone sales in the U.S. by product:

And here is the chart breaking down Samsung's tablet sales for three versions of the Galaxy Tab:

In case you're having a tough time visualizing all of these numbers, here are two great charts from Horace Dediu at Asymco. The first compares smartphone sales between the two companies and the second compares tablet sales.

The bottom line, as you can see, is that Apple is dominating Samsung in both categories in the United States even though it has far fewer products in each category.

Here's the chart comparing smartphone sales:

And here's the chart comparing tablet sales:

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So much for the iPhone killer.

GabeEd

eli's_rhythm

Dickard

The iPhone still sucks though

UnusualBoy

But I thought that Samsung was ****ting on Apple

Graduation

The "iPhone killer" name was created by the media because everyone loves a competition. Samsung is doing just fine, making top of the line cell phones, HD TV's, etc.

Also, the iPhone is an established brand, while Samsung (and all other smart phone makers) have been following Apple's lead. But the technology is there for Samsung and other companies to overtake Apple.

Cas

Samsung is outselling Apple globally though.

Jameson Teqkilla

You trying to paint them as a flop is just as silly though.

Jameson Teqkilla

Its not particularly surprising that the ONE company who manufactures iOS products would sell more of their one product than a company competing forthe Android market with 4 other major manufacturers. This article is doing the absolute most. Luckily anyone with business sense or common sense can see through it.

Tropez

And as I read this from my iPad I couldn't help but laugh.

Cobrastyle.

Tropez

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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla

Its not particularly surprising that the ONE company who manufactures iOS products would sell more of their one product than a company competing forthe Android market with 4 other major manufacturers. This article is doing the absolute most. Luckily anyone with business sense or common sense can see through it.

I do agree with this. But it's still a little funny. The way Samsung markets itself in the US you woulda thought it sells more than Apple.

Jameson Teqkilla

Cackling that they excluded the Galaxy Nexus and S3 from that list.

Cz!

iPhone is so local, though.

eli's_rhythm

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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla

Its not particularly surprising that the ONE company who manufactures iOS products would sell more of their one product than a company competing forthe Android market with 4 other major manufacturers. This article is doing the absolute most. Luckily anyone with business sense or common sense can see through it.

OTOH think about how many Androids it took for Google to start outselling the single iPhone.

Cas

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Originally posted by UnusualBoy

But I thought that Samsung was ****ting on Apple

You thought right.

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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla

Cackling that they excluded the Galaxy Nexus and S3 from that list.

DG1

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Originally posted by Cas

Samsung is outselling Apple globally though.

Yup.

Desperate Fantast

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Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla

Its not particularly surprising that the ONE company who manufactures iOS products would sell more of their one product than a company competing forthe Android market with 4 other major manufacturers. This article is doing the absolute most. Luckily anyone with business sense or common sense can see through it.

Android is no excuse for 24 models selling 21 million units in two years, especially when it comes to the single biggest Android beneficiary in the world.

Oh and I made it pretty clear in the title that this is about the US sales. How Samsung is doing worldwide is irrelevant.

Sporefan

And wait,how is iPhone local?!

Shaliydah88