Global mobile phone shipments breached 1.6 billion units in 2012, Samsung, Apple and Nokia still on top
A charger on every nightstand and a phone in every pocket — it could be a presidential slogan, but it’s really just reality. According to research from Strategy Analytics, a staggering 1.6 billion mobile phones were shipped (not sold) globally in 2012, and 700 million of them were smartphones . Samsung, Nokia and Apple, in that order, were the biggest movers of handsets, though the latter two change places when it comes to smartphones — Espoo only shipped 35 million to Cupertino’s 135, while Samsung topped the trio at 213 million devices shipped. Surprising? Hardly — smartphone sales climbed throughout 2012 , and the aforementioned manufacturers have been kings of the category since last February
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Global mobile phone shipments breached 1.6 billion units in 2012, Samsung, Apple and Nokia still on top
