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Apple<\/a>\u00a0held their Q3 earnings call this week, announcing their latest Mac OS, Mountain Lion, and some numbers about units sold in the second quarter, specifically 26 million iPhones.<\/p>\n Today, a report from Juniper Research reveals that\u00a0Samsung has more than doubled Apple when it comes to their smartphone numbers, shipping 52.1 million units in the same period<\/a>.<\/p>\n Samsung<\/a>\u00a0hasn\u2019t officially announced their own second quarter shipment numbers, of course, but Juniper\u2019s data suggests Samsung is handily beating all other smartphone competitors, including HTC, Sony and RIM.<\/p>\n Earlier this week,\u00a0Samsung announced that they\u2019ve sold 10 million units of their new flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S III<\/a>, since its May 30th release.<\/p>\n Though Samsung appears to have the lead now, Juniper expects the next iPhone to \u201cnarrow the gap\u201d between the two warring smartphone manufacturers.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the Galaxy S3 has been a phenomenal success, Samsung has leveraged its global brand strength and the popularity of the Android OS to drive sales of smartphones in all price tiers<\/a>,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n Apple isn\u2019t the only company falling behind Samsung, either.\u00a0Nokia<\/a>, who shipped 10.2 million in the last quarter, has yet to see any real benefit from adopting the Windows Phone platform and, according to the report, is counting on the upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS to bring a turn around to the struggling Finnish smartphone maker.<\/p>\n No stranger to bad reports, RIM shipped a low 7.4 million smartphones last quarter as they \u201ccontinue to struggle to cope with the transition to the touchscreen era.\u201d<\/p>\n As reported many times earlier this week, Apple has seen a recent slow down in their iPhone sales as the world stands in wait for the next version of the iconic smartphone, due to release in either September or October, depending on which report you believe.<\/p>\n That Samsung has a hit on their hands is no surprise. Critics and pundits alike have rained praise upon the new S III, proclaiming it as one of the best Android smartphones available today.<\/p>\n \u201cThe power- and storage-hungry Android user simply cannot go wrong with this purchase, and neither can those looking for a great camera<\/a>,\u201d writes Sharif Sakr in Engadget\u2019s review.<\/p>\n However, it\u2019s also worth mentioning that we\u2019ve once again slipped into the argument between units shipped and units sold. While it isn\u2019t entirely likely that Samsung shipped more than 26 million phones which have yet to be sold, it is worth mentioning that there could be millions of phones sitting in warehouses and retail back rooms, waiting to be purchased and taken home. Apple\u2019s 26 million represents actual sales, closed deals, phones in hands.<\/p>\n Juniper\u2019s research also points out that, on the whole, the smartphone industry is still in a state of rapid growth. All told, smartphone manufacturers were able to ship 105.2 million devices in the same quarter last year, according to Juniper\u2019s data. This year, the same manufacturers have shipped 132.9 million.<\/p>\n Apple and Samsung are set to head to a U.S. court in California early next week to settle their patent disputes once and for all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Image Credit:\u00a0Warakorn \/ Shutterstock Apple\u00a0held their Q3 earnings call this week, announcing their latest Mac OS, Mountain Lion, and some numbers about units sold in the second quarter, specifically 26 million iPhones. 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