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Surprise, surprise, Apple!

Again, the commentator in the business section of 680 News radio today was shocked to learn that Samsung cell phones account for some 40% of worldwide units, Nokia another 30% and North American media's 'darling' Apple's iPhone accounts for just 9% of world units.

Anyone who has been paying attention to these regular cell phone industry surveys would know this has been the ongoing pattern for a some time. Even Canada's RIM Blackberry units beat out Apple by 11% worldwide just before the fall of 2011.

Reality check:  The USA and Canada -- in the overall world market for cell phones -- is only one piece of the pie.  Europe and Asia far outweigh us and Apple is barely 'alive' in these markets to date.

The operating system of choice around the world is Android - and guess who is getting richer by the day as a result?   Not Apple!