Sunday, July 31, 2011

Apple Overtakes Nokia And Samsung

Apple has turn the world's greatest seller of smartphones, according to attention analysts.

The US definite overtook both formerly personality Nokia and Samsung in the second entertain of the year, when complete smartphone sales strike a record 110m.

The figures from Strategy Analytics moreover showed that 361m handsets were shipped, up 13% on the formerly year.

Nokia remained the greatest seller of all variety of handsets, but the figures shipped and its marketplace share fell.

It shipped 20% fewer handsets in the second entertain - 88.5 million.

The Finnish firm's marketplace share dipped to 25% - its lowest level given 1999.

The inform describes Apple as the "star performer" during the quarter, more than doubling its handset shipments to a record 20.3 million units.

However, its share of the on the whole marketplace was 6%, creation it the world's fourth greatest mobile phone seller at the back Nokia, Samsung and LG.

Samsung shipped 74 million units, taking flight 16% from 63.8 million in the entertain a year earlier.

The company's marketplace share rose to only on top of 20%, and Samsung is right away "breathing down Nokia's neck", the inform said.

Strategy Analytics mentioned Nokia was tormented by problems.

"An unexciting touchphone portfolio, register corrections in Middle East and Western Europe, loath urge is to Symbian stage and paltry participation in the outrageous US marketplace go on to import on Nokia's near-term performance," the inform said.

Third-placed LG shipped 24.8 million handsets during the 3 months, with volumes down 19% from a year earlier.

China-based ZTE shipped 18 million handsets, giving it a universal marketplace share of 5%.

Seperately, Taiwan's HTC mentioned it had shipped 12m handsets in the second entertain of the year, assisting its increase twice to 17.5 billion Taiwan dollars ($607m; 372m).

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