Yes, worldwide, the top three highest SELLING models of smartphones, the ones with the greatest demand before all other makes and models, are the Apple iPhone 4s, the Apple iPhone 4, and the three year old Apple iPhone 3Gs! They sell in far greater numbers than any single model of any other maker's smartphone. As of a report dated May 24, 2012, IDC says that just those three models of iPhones, represent more than 23% of all worldwide sales of smartphones, while the manufacturers of the over 1400 "me too" models of Android and Baidu (a Chinese non-compliant subset of Android) smartphones comprise 59%. In fact, in the US, when the iPhone sales are looked at among the longer term iPhone carriers such as AT&T and Verizon, the rates of customers choosing iPhone over Android are far higher, with AT&T reporting 69% and Verizon 51% of their customers in Q1 2012 choosing iPhones! This has resulted in the US iPhone market iPhone share reaching 43% and climbing.
Who is talking about models here?
FACT: Android smartphones VASTLY outselll iPhones worldide.
“In fact, in the US, when the iPhone sales are looked at among the longer term iPhone carriers such as AT&T and Verizon, the rates of customers choosing iPhone over Android are far higher, with AT&T reporting 69% and Verizon 51% of their customers in Q1 2012 choosing iPhones!”
Fortunately, the US is no longer that biggest smartphone market in the world. China is. And in China, Androids vastly outselff the iPhones, with Androids registering a sobbering over 68% market share in China:
Chinese Android market share doubles in 2011, Apple stays far behind
http://phandroid.com/2012/04/14/chinese-android-market-share-doubles-in-2011-apple-stays-far-behind/
where did those numbers come from?
from outside the USA iphones are usually reported as NOT having the market dominance.