Smartphone sales exceed feature phones in Q2 of 2013: Gartner - Indian Express

PTI : New Delhi, Wed Aug 14 2013, 14:44 hrs This is the first time that sales of smartphones exceeded that of feature phones. (IE Photo) Global sales of smartphones grew 46.5 percent to reach 225 million units while that of feature phones declined 21 per cent to 210 million units across the world in the second quarter of 2013, research firm Gartner said today. This is the first time that sales of smartphones exceeded that of feature phones. Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users to talled 435 million units in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 3.6 per cent from the same period last year, Gartner said. "Smartphones accounted for 51.8 per cent of mobile phone sales in the second quarter of 2013, resulting in smartphone sales surpassing feature phone sales for the first time," Gartner principal research analyst Anshul Gupta said in a statement. Gartner said Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Eastern Europe exhibited the highest smartphone growth rates of 74.1per cent, 55.7 per cent and 31.6 per cent respectively, as smartphone sales grew in all regions. Samsung maintained the number 1 position in the global smartphone market, with its market share reaching 31.7 per cent, up from 29.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2012. The company sold 71.38 million smartphone units in the reported quarter followed by Apple, which sold 31.89 million units during the same period. Apple's market share, however, declined to 14.2 per cent from 18.8 per cent last year, it said. LG Electronics sold about 11.47 million units while Lenovo's sales stood at 10.67 million units during the second quarter of 2013. Their respective market share stood at 5.1 per cent and 4.7 per cent. Samsung retained the number 1 position in the over all mobile phone market too, with sales to end users growing 19 per cent in the second quarter of 2013. Samsung sold around 107.52 million units across the world and has a market share of 24.7 per cent during Q2 of 2013. It is followed by Nokia, which sold 60.95 million units and has a market share of 14 per cent. Apple and LG has 7.3 per cent and 3.9 per cent market share respectively during the period. ... contd. ALSO READ New species of shark discovered in US Singapore firm launches in-flight Muslim prayer app Facebook users in India up 5 pct at 82 million in Apr-June North Korea unveils Arirang- secure, homemade smartphone Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHHdATSruVyRJcSp8LSZQVrm3mAcA&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/smartphone-sales-exceed-feature-phones-in-q2-of-2013-gartner/1155361/

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