Smartphones have for the first time outsold more basic handsets worldwide. It was noticed that demand for the high-tech devices grew in the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The statistics show that handset manufacturers sold 435 million mobile phones in the 2nd quarter of 2013, with 225 million of them being smartphones.
While the telephone is replacing laptop and desktop computers in access to the worldwide web, it is no surprise that sales to end-users of smartphones grew 74% compared to the same period 2012 in Asia-Pacific, 56% in Latin America and 32% in Eastern Europe. Overall, smartphones accounted for almost 52% of mobile phone sales, thus surpassing feature phone sales for the first time ever.
As for the market leaders, Samsung reinforced its leading position – the company sold more than 71 million Internet-enabled phones in the 3 months to 30 June 2013. Last year it was only 56 million. Overall, Samsung’s market share by units sold increased from 30% to 32%, while Apple’s market share fell from 19% to 14%, though its sales increased from 29 million to 32 million.
Another popular smartphones manufacturer appeared to be Lenovo – the Chi
While the telephone is replacing laptop and desktop computers in access to the worldwide web, it is no surprise that sales to end-users of smartphones grew 74% compared to the same period 2012 in Asia-Pacific, 56% in Latin America and 32% in Eastern Europe. Overall, smartphones accounted for almost 52% of mobile phone sales, thus surpassing feature phone sales for the first time ever.
As for the market leaders, Samsung reinforced its leading position – the company sold more than 71 million Internet-enabled phones in the 3 months to 30 June 2013. Last year it was only 56 million. Overall, Samsung’s market share by units sold increased from 30% to 32%, while Apple’s market share fell from 19% to 14%, though its sales increased from 29 million to 32 million.
Another popular smartphones manufacturer appeared to be Lenovo – the Chi
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