First, nearly all iPad Minis sold to-date are the WiFi model that doesn't have GPS. Given that, I find it very hard to believe that the quality or even, quite frankly, the existence of an iPad Mini Maps application had any significant impact on those purchasing decisions.
Second, the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 were only available for a small part of their most recent quarter (the last ten or so days of September), so we wouldn't have seen any impact of Maps on those results (especially since people were still discovering the Maps problems at that time). Until Apple reports their results for the holiday quarter, we won't really know how iPhone sales are doing.
Finally, Apple is the manufacturer with the highest customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in the phone industry. That they may have been able to weather a Maps outcry doesn't mean that Samsung or HTC could do the same. In fact, the volatility in the relative rankings of Android manufacturers argues the opposite.
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The jury isn't really in on Maps yet:
First, nearly all iPad Minis sold to-date are the WiFi model that doesn't have GPS. Given that, I find it very hard to believe that the quality or even, quite frankly, the existence of an iPad Mini Maps application had any significant impact on those purchasing decisions.
Second, the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 were only available for a small part of their most recent quarter (the last ten or so days of September), so we wouldn't have seen any impact of Maps on those results (especially since people were still discovering the Maps problems at that time). Until Apple reports their results for the holiday quarter, we won't really know how iPhone sales are doing.
Finally, Apple is the manufacturer with the highest customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in the phone industry. That they may have been able to weather a Maps outcry doesn't mean that Samsung or HTC could do the same. In fact, the volatility in the relative rankings of Android manufacturers argues the opposite.