Monday, April 30, 2012

Samsung surpasses Nokia to become world's largest handset maker

Samsung passed Nokia to become the world's biggest mobile phone maker
in the first quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.
The market researcher estimates that Samsung sold 93.5 million
handsets, versus a reported 82.7 million at Nokia. "Samsung took a
record 25.4 per cent of the market, up from 19.3 per cent a year ago,"
it reported, adding that Nokia fell to 22.5 per cent from 30.4 per
cent in the year-earlier period, ending its 14-year reign as the
world's biggest handset vendor.
Samsung was also the top smartphone seller in the quarter, passing
Apple to reach a 31 per cent market share. Samsung's smartphone sales
rose an estimated 253 per cent annually to 44.5 million, while Apple's
shipments of 31.5 million accounted for a market share of 24 per cent.
"On the total phone market, Apple had a share of 9.5 per cent, up from
5.2 a year ago," according to Strategy Analytics that estimated the
total mobile phone market expansion of three per cent year-on-year to
368 million units in the first quarter of 2012.
"It was led by a 41 per cent increase in global smartphone shipments
to an estimated 145 million units in the first quarter of 2012," the
researcher added.

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