I had been in contact to a person who swapped his iPhone4S to Samsung
Galaxy S III and he claimed to have described the experience as some living thing in his palm. Such was the feeling that lat the iconic Samsung become became the top-selling phone in the U.S. after beating the iPhone 4S in August.
It happened to iPhone 4S for the first time since the iPhone 4S launched last October that it isn't king. Galaxy S III was the top-selling phone for Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile and the second-highest-selling phone for AT&T but that could be for a shorter time as next iPhone is expected soon.
"With the iPhone 4S over 10 months old and consumers anticipating the iPhone 5 launch, our August checks indicated weaker iPhone 4S sales at AT&T/Verizon/Sprint," the report by Canaccord Genuity says.
At Apple's latest earnings call in July, the company's Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer acknowledged this problem, saying rumors and speculation had affected the sales of the iPhone 4S and those reports are true to some extent the Cupertino company somewhat validated those reports Tuesday, sending out an invitation for an event next week, strongly teasing an iPhone announcement.
And Canaccord Genuity expects the launch of the next iPhone will carry the device back to the top of U.S. sales: "Our checks indicated strong consumer interest in and likely demand for the iPhone 5, and we believe Apple will return to strong number one smartphone share in the U.S. post the iPhone 5 launch.”
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