Smartphone sales nearly doubled

13.11.2010 [17:20]
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Baku, November 13 (AZERTAC). Worldwide mobile phone sales in the third quarter grew 96% to a record 80.5 million units, while in the accounting period the realization of mobile phones increased by 35 percent - more than 417 million units, says a new report from Gartner. Today smartphone sales account for 19.3 percent of global sales of mobile phones. “This quarter saw Apple and Android drive record smartphone sales. Apple`s share of the smartphone market surpassed Research In Motion (RIM) in North America,” said Carolina Milanesi, research vice-president at Gartner.

According to Forbes, although the top three worldwide mobile device manufacturers Nokia, Samsung and LG remained the same - albeit with reduced market share compared to July-September 2009.

Moreover, Sony Ericsson and Motorola from top ten leaders reduced their presence on the world market.

According to the results of 2010, mobile phone sales will grow by 30 percent, says Gartner.

Smartphone sales nearly doubled

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