IDC: Samsung extends lead in smartphones

Samsung has extended its lead over Apple in smartphones, in part because its new Galaxy phones ...

July 28, 2012 / 12:10 IST

Samsung has extended its lead over Apple in smartphones, in part because its new Galaxy phones came out before Apple updated its iPhone, research group IDC said Friday. Samsung's Galaxy S3 phones got good reviews when it was released late in the second quarter. In the U.S., the phones work with the faster fourth-generation, or 4G, cellular networks that major wireless companies have been building. The Galaxy's screen is larger than the iPhone's, while the Samsung phone is lighter and thinner.

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first published: Jul 28, 2012 12:02 pm

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