Market of mobile phones, Nokia and Samsung advance on Apple

Samsung is reinforcing its leadership in mobile phone market. According to Gartner research data reported by the Wall Street Journal, in the second quarter, Samsung has sold 90.43 million mobile phones gaining 21.6% of the market compared to 20.7% in the first quarter and by 16.3 % for the same period last year. Nokia in second place with 19.9% of the market. Apple‘s market share is 6.9%.

Samsung’s market share has declined compared to 22.8% a year ago but up slightly to 19.8% in the first three months of the year. While the Apple rises from 4.6% in the second quarter last year. The phones sold in the second quarter were 419 million units, a decline of 2.3% over the previous year, of which 154 million smartphones, 43% more than in 2011. The smartphone with Google Android system represented 64% of sales, an increase of 43%, while Apple’s iPhone OS platform with 18.8% of smartphones sold.

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