Smartphones account for over half of mobiles shipped in Q1

Nieuws Mobiel Wereld 26 APR 2013
Smartphones account for over half of mobiles shipped in Q1

Mobile phone shipments rose 4 percent to 418.6 million units in the first quarter, compared to 402.4 million units in the first quarter of 2012, according to IDC. Within the total, smartphone shipments grew 41.6 percent to 216.2 million units, versus 152.7 million units a year earlier. This marked the first time that smartphones accounted for over half (51.6%) of all mobile phones shipped in a quarter.

IDC estimates that Samsung sold 115 million mobile phones for a 27.5 percent share in the first quarter, followed by Nokia with 61.9 million units (14.8%), Apple with 37.4 million units (8.9%), LG with 15.4 million units (3.7 percent) and ZTE with 13.5 million units (3.2%).

In the smartphone category, Samsung was also way ahead of the competition, shipping more units than the next four vendors combined. Samsung sold 70.7 million units for a 32.7 percent market share, followed by Apple with 37.4 million units (17.3%), LG with 10.3 million units (4.8%), Huawei with 9.9 million units (4.6%), and ZTE with 9.1 million units (4.2%). 

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