Apple iPhone 4S, long expected, and the last great creation of Samsung Electronics will probably excel in sales for the holiday season, which otherwise will be marred by global economic uncertainty.
Apple, which lost its position as the largest maker of smartphones Samsung the world from last quarter, could return to first place if consumers rush to buy the latest 16 months since the iPhone went on sale the last model.
Like millions of people around the world, Vanessa Pigeon, 36, accepted an offer from your telecom operator and replaced their old BlackBerry for the last iPhone.
"I liked the design and wanted to change for some time," said Pigeon, a recruiter in Paris.
In neighboring Britain, which is often seen as an indicator for the rest of the European market, the iPhone took a huge 43 percent market share in October, surpassing the phones running Google's Android operating system , according to analyst firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.
"Really, only the products of the iPhone family (Samsung) Galaxy fly off the shelves. All others only collect leftovers," said Neil Mawston, an analyst at Strategy Analytics in Milton Keynes, UK.
HTC and Research In Motion, fourth and fifth sellers of smartphones, and have warned of weak sales in the holiday year.
The end of the year is a key sales season for sellers of smartphones, as consumers tend to replace their models for the holidays.
Traders expect to sell a total of 142 million smartphones between October and December, 42 percent more than last year, according to a Reuters survey of analysts.
Mobile sales in Western Europe have fallen this year, as consumers delay their purchases for a tighter financial situation.
