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comScore: Smartphone penetration reaches 55 percent in October 2012

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Apple Leads UK Smartphone Manufacturer Market, While Android Strengthens Position as Top Operating System London, UK, 17 December, 2012 -comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key mobile trends across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United [...]

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Reuters: Apple’s ranking in China smartphone market falls to No.6 Samsung ranked No.1: IDC

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Apple Inc’s rank in China’s smartphone market, which is set to become the world’s largest this year, fell to No.6 in the third quarter as it faced tough competition from Chinese brands, research firm IDC said on Thursday. IDC’s announcement comes a day after Apple’s shares fell more than 6 percent on the Nasdaq, logging [...]

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Digi Times: China market: Samsung leads in 3Q12 smartphone market share, says report

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

There were 49.8 million smartphones sold in the China market during the third quarter of 2012, hiking 31.1% on quarter and 154.9% on year, tech.163.com cited China-based iiMedia Research as indicating. Samsung Electronics posted the largest market share at 17.8%, followed by Lenovo with 13.2%, Coolpad with 10.9%, Huawei Device with 10.6%, ZTE with 9.7% [...]

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Trusted Reviews: Samsung Galaxy S3 outsells iPhone 5 to remain UK’s most popular smartphone

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has once again outsold the iPhone 5, retaining its crown as the UK’s most popular smartphone for a seventh consecutive month, new figures have revealed. Lining up to be the UK’s Christmas number one, the Samsung Galaxy S3 has topped a sales chart largely dominated by Android devices whilst, thanks to [...]

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Gartner: Worldwide sales of mobile phones declined 3 percent in third quarter of 2012, Smartphone sales increased 47 percent

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached almost 428 million units in the third quarter of 2012, a 3.1 percent decline from the third quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales accounted for 39.6 percent of total mobile phone sales, as smartphone sales increased 46.9 percent from the third quarter of [...]

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Slash Gear: Apple no longer on the top five smartphone list for Q3 in China

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

According to new numbers from the research firm Canalys, Apple has fallen off the top five smartphone list during Q3 within China. Chinese smartphone vendors saw shipments surge for low-priced models during the quarter according to the research firm. Apple’s iPhone previously sat in fifth place on the list during Q2 and was in second [...]

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Business Wire: Samsung captures record 35 percent share of 162 million global smartphone shipments in Q3 2012

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments grew 35 percent annually to reach 162 million units in the third quarter of 2012. Samsung achieved a record 35 percent global share. Apple held second position, while Nokia slipped outside the top three rankings. “Global smartphone shipments grew 35 percent annually from 120.0 [...]

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Patent Bolt: Samsung IP reveals smartphone with Tri-Fold flexible display

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

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When it comes to delivering the next generation of smartphones with dual displays and beyond, Samsung has been putting the pedal to the metal. This has been a mammoth year for Samsung in terms of advancing the flexible display. In September their display division had successfully mass-produced the world’s first flexible display and although it [...]

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