“Global mobile phone sales declined by 1.7% in 2012, hit by tough economic conditions, shifting consumer preferences and intense market competition, industry research firm Gartner said Wednesday.
World-wide sales to end users totaled 1.75 billion units in 2012, a 1.7% decline from 2011 sales, Gartner said, adding that fourth-quarter 2012 smartphone sales reached 207.7 million units, 38.3% higher than the same period last year.
Gartner expects sales of world-wide smartphone sales to end users to be close to 1 billion units in 2013, while it estimates overall mobile phone sales to end users to reach 1.9 billion units.
Apple Inc. AAPL -2.57% and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co.005930.SE +1.29% dominated the smartphone segment with a combined market share of 52% in the fourth quarter, up from 46.4% in the third quarter of 2012, Gartner said….”
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