…global market share fell to 16.9 percent from 18.8 percent a year earlier. Meanwhile, Samsung smartphone shipments surged 172.8 percent to 50 million units from 18.4 million. Market share rose to 32.6 percent from 17 percent a year earlier. Quarter on quarter, Apple share fell from 24.2 percent, erasing most of the gains following the iPhone 4S launch last autumn. Meanwhile, Samsung rose from 29.1 percent.

Cell Smart Phone Sales and Market Share for Q2 2012

Cell Smart Phone Sales and Market Share for Q2 2012

Smart Phone Market Share in 2011 and 2012

…By dividing units shipped (26 million) by revenue generated ($16.245 billion), you get an average selling price of about $624 per iPhone. Analysts expected between 29 million and 30 million iPhones shipped during the quarter. If you multiply $624 by 3.5 million, you get around $2.18 billion — or by how much Apple missed Wall Street consensus for fiscal third quarter earnings (which is synonymous with second calendar quarter)…

 

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