1. According to IDC, the global mobile phone market grew by
1% year over year, in the second quarter of 2012
2. Apple, Samsung, Nokia, ZTE and LG Electronics are the top
5 mobile phone vendors in second quarter 2012
3. Samsung and Apple have more than doubled their combined
market share over the past two years, which has created more distance between
the companies and the competition
Top Five Total Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and
Market Share, Q2 2012 (Units in Millions)
|
Vendor
|
2Q12 Unit
Shipments
|
2Q12 Market
Share
|
2Q11 Unit
Shipments
|
2Q11 Market
Share
|
Year-over-
year Change
|
|
|
Samsung
|
97.8
|
24.1 percent
|
75.4
|
18.8 percent
|
29.7 percent
|
|
|
Nokia
|
83.7
|
20.6 percent
|
88.5
|
22.0 percent
|
-5.4 percent
|
|
|
Apple
|
26.0
|
6.4 percent
|
20.4
|
5.1 percent
|
27.5 percent
|
|
|
ZTE
|
17.7
|
4.4 percent
|
16.3
|
4.1 percent
|
8.6 percent
|
|
|
LG Electronics
|
13.1
|
3.2 percent
|
24.8
|
6.2 percent
|
-47.2 percent
|
|
|
Others
|
167.7
|
41.3 percent
|
176.4
|
43.9 percent
|
-4.9 percent
|
|
|
Total
|
406.0
|
100.0 percent
|
401.8
|
100.0 percent
|
1.0 percent
|
|
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