Pass Samsung to push new products to avoid iPhone4S competition in the second quarter

February 1 news, according to technology website DigiTimes reported that from the smart phone supply chain in Taiwan news, due to the iPhone 4S listed in the fourth quarter of 2011 hot, is expected to reach the peak sales in the first quarter of 2012, including Samsung Electronics Smartphone makers such as HTC, Nokia and LG Electronics will postpone launch of their new phones to avoid direct competition with the iPhone 4S.

It is reported that the above manufacturers are expected to launch their new smart phones in the second quarter, mainly due to the iPhone 4S sales are too hot. Based on previous experience, iPhone 4S will reach its peak sales in the first quarter of 2012 and then start to decline slowly. According to the statistics of Strategy Analytics, thanks to the hot sale of iPhone 4S, Apple regained the position of the world's largest smartphone manufacturer in the fourth quarter of 2011 with a market share of 23.9%, with Samsung and Nokia respectively occupying 23.5% and 12.6% of the market. The share is close behind.

Sources stated that Samsung, HTC, Nokia, and LG will launch new smart phones at the Mobile World Congress next month due to the timing of new product launches. The time-to-market is selected in the second quarter of 2012. Samsung has postponed the release of its next-generation flagship Galaxy SIII.