Watch out... Android lovers and Apple haters are going to be mad as hell and on the loose after learning that Samsung's reign as the world's top smartphone maker has come to an abrupt end, as Apple has gone on to reclaim the top spot, which Samsung briefly held at the end of 2011. Samsung, the South Korean copy cat giant, is the world's largest Android manufacturer and accounts for most of the platforms growth . HTC, Motorola and other Android OEMs have been suffering as Samsung and Apple successfully duke it out for supremacy in the smartphone arena. Motorola, in fact, just recently posted an $80 million dollar loss as it saw the sales of its phones, and especially of its tablets, decline significantly, as problems also continue to plague HTC.
Both Samsung and Apple have been wrapped up in a series of legal battles revolving around patent issues, with Samsung just receiving another set back in its fight with Apple in my favorite country, good old Germany, just this week.
In conclusion, Apple has now not only reclaimed the title of being the world's largest maker of smartphones, but it is now believed that it accounts for up to eight percent of all global mobile phone sales period, including for all phone categories, smart and dumb phones alike.
And that's my 2 cents on this stormy Friday, January 26, 2012
Opening graphic via: MacMob


