Leaked Report: Samsung Now China's Biggest Smartphone Vendor A leaked research report from Strategy Analytics has confirmed what many had been predicting: Samsung leapt forward in 2012 to become China's biggest smartphone vendor for the first time, and just four years after it started selling mobile devices in the country. http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/03/11/leaked-report-samsung-now-chinas-biggest-smartphone-vendor/ iPhone 5 will ultimately disappoint? As analysts continue to hit Apple (AAPL) hard, a new report claims the postmortem ultimately written on the iPhone 5 will reveal disappointing sales relative to initial expectations. Market research firm Strategy Analytics recently released a report claiming that Apple's latest iPhone was the best-selling smartphone in the world during the holiday quarter last year, allowing Apple to reclaim the No.1 spot after Samsung's (005930) Galaxy S III stole the crown earlier in 2012. Despite the phone's current popularity, however, Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt believes the phone will ultimately disappoint. In a research note covered by ValueWalk on Monday, McCourt remained bullish on Apple but covered several short-term challenges facing the company. Among the issues facing Apple is the faster http://news.yahoo.com/report-claims-iphone-5-best-selling-smartphone-world-192049572.html Samsung Trains Its Eye on the iPhone The technology industry will be paying close attention to Samsung Electronics Co. this week when it lifts the curtains on a new high-end smartphone at an event in New York on Thursday. http://allthingsd.com/20130311/samsung-trains-its-eye-on-the-iphone/ You spend 23 days a year on your phone, survey says You spend more than three weeks a year looking at your phone, according to new figures that illustrate just how central to our lives the mobile phone has become. [Read more] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/EKIVSkeoRD4/ http://www.wochit.com

• published: 11 Mar 2013
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