iPhone Falls to Galaxy S III as Worlds Most Popular Smartphone

Samsung may have lost big to Apple in the courtroom, but it's just scored a victory in the marketplace. The Samsung Galaxy S III has stolen the title of the world's most popular smartphone from the iPhone for the third quarter of 2012, according to data from Strategy Analytics.

The victory, however, likely won't stick. While the GSIII has been on sale for the entire quarter -- from July 1 to Sept. 30 -- the iPhone 5 first went on sale Sept. 21, just nine days before the close of the quarter. Many iPhone buyers were likely waiting for the 5, and sales will likely pick up for Q4.

The numbers support this. Sales of the iPhone 4S fell drastically from Q2 to Q3, from 19.4 million phones…
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