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for the first time since they released the iPhone have failed to meet their expected sales. They fell short by more than a million smartphone sales.
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This is false. They met their own guidance -- fell short in wallstreet analyst guesses. Samsung won't tell its breakdown by device so we won't ever know.
But it's pretty sure that Note and Galaxy S family are what drive sales.
The reason for the softer sales is everyone is waiting for release of iPhone 5. Those numbers won't be seen for two more quarters.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07...rtphone-sales/
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Combined, the iPhone netted 58 percent of smartphone sales from the two largest US carriers, which share two-thirds of the US mobile market. Most of the remaining sales were shared among various Android device makers.
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It’s a testimony to just how remarkable Apple’s last few years have been that 23 percent year-over-year growth looks so bad
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http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/07/24/aapl-charts