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Samsung Overtakes Apple as Top Smartphone Vendor - According to IDC

The worldwide mobile phone market declined 1.5% year over year in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12), as Samsung ousted longtime leader Nokia to become the world's top mobile phone vendor. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 398.4 million units in 1Q12 compared to 404.3 million units in the first quarter of 2011.  more

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Nokia Loses Top Spot as World's Largest Phone Manufacturer - to Samsung

­Samsung overtook Nokia in the fiurst three months of this year to become the world's largest cellphone brand for the first time, according to IHS iSuppli. However, Samsung remained in second place in the smartphone segment of the cellphone market, behind apple.  more

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Samsung Retains Top Spot in American Mobile Phone Market

­A study of 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers has found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.3 percent market share. Google Android strengthened its lead in the smartphone market to reach 47.3 percent market share.  more

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Smartphone Adoption Reaches 40 Percent in Canada

­Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer in Canada overall with 25.2 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 35.8 percent share of that market segment, according to comScore figures.  more

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Android Pushes Smartphones Sales Past Feature Phones for First Time

­Western European feature phone shipments continued to decline sharply in 2Q11 as consumers increasingly move to smartphones, according to the latest European Mobile Phone Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). Feature phone shipments were down 29% to 20.4 million units in 2Q11, while smartphone shipments increased 48% to 21.8 million units from a year ago. The total Western European mobile phone market, however, declined 3% year on year to 42.2 million units in the quarter, according to IDC.  more

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Sales of Mobile Devices in Second Quarter of 2011 Grew 16.5% Year-on-Year

­Worldwide sales of mobile devices to end users totaled 428.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a 16.5 percent increase from the second quarter of 2010, according to Gartner. more

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Apple Rises to the Top as Worldwide Smartphone Market Grows 65.4%

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 65.4% year over year in the second quarter of 2011 (2Q11), marking the third consecutive quarter where total shipments exceeded 100 million units. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 106.5 million units in 2Q11 compared to 64.4 million units in the second quarter of 2010. The 65.4% growth was on par with IDC's forecast of 67.3% for the quarter and below the 84.0% year-over-year growth in 1Q11.  more

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Android Overtakes Apple's iOS as Top Smartphone OS in the USA

­According to June data from Nielsen, Google's Android operating system (OS) now claims the largest share of the U.S. consumer smartphone market with 39 percent.  more

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Nokia Phone Sales Have Slipped to a Level Not Seen Since 1999

­According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global handset shipments grew 13 percent annually to reach 361 million units in the second quarter of 2011.  more

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Samsung Overtakes Nokia in Western Europe to Be Top in the Mobile Phone Market

The Western European mobile phone market grew 5% year-on-year to 45 million units in the first quarter of 2011 (1Q11), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) European Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.  more

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