The news that Apple had shipped three million iPhones fewer than expected this quarter came as a surprise to anyone who witnessed the Applemania around the launch of iPhone 4S last week.
But the slip allowed arch-rival Samsung to push ahead of Apple for the first time ever with its hi-tech Android handsets, according to reports.
The South Korean company overtook Nokia earlier this year – and shipped 20million smartphones in the third quarter, against Apple’s 17.1million.
Nokia - who are awaiting the arrival of their first Windows-powered handsets - slumped to 16.8million.
The figures were reported by an anonymous source in the Wall Street Journal. Samsung has yet to disclose official results for the third quarter. Apple blamed its disappointing figures on the leaks surrounding the launch of iPhone 4S, which meant iPhone users held off updating their handsets.
The iPhone 4S went on to become the fastest-selling phone of all time, selling four million on its opening weekend.
Google's rival to the iPhone 4S is to be sold in Britain within a month after its launch was delayed out of respect for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
The Galaxy Nexus will be made by Samsung and include technology allowing owners to unlock it by just looking at the phone's camera.
Out in time for Christmas, it will also showcase the latest Android software - Ice Cream Sandwich, a new, spruced-up operating system with upgraded speech recognition built to take on iPhone's Siri software.
21.10.2011 - Daily Mail
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