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Samsung Steams Past Apple To Become Smartphone Market Leader

Instead of coming up with inane marketing stunts, Samsung was busy doing something else during the first quarter of this year – overtaking Apple and becoming the world’s top smartphone vendor. AppleInsider points to estimates released by IDC that say Samsung took the crown during the period with 29.1 percent of the world’s smartphone market. Unlike Apple, Samsung doesn’t release sales numbers. But the market research firm estimates that Samsung shipped 42.2 million smartphones during the first three months of the year. Apple was third with 35.1 million shipped iPhones....

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Published By: appadvice - Tuesday, 1 May, 2012

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