Analytical report Juniper Research allows us to understand how the opposition leaders has evolved in the smart phone market in the fourth quarter last year. Apple has come out on top - almost a quarter of smart phones sold during the period include the trademark iPhone. Total for the year in the world were sold 470 million smart phones, and on this segment Samsung has every reason to be a market leader.
In particular, if in the first quarter 2010, the share of Samsung accounted only 4.7% of the smart phone market, in the fourth quarter 2011 this figure was increased to 21.7%. Apple, according to Juniper Research, does not want to miss the segment on available smart phones, in the last quarter began offering the iPhone 3GS at a reasonable price.
HTC shipped in the fourth quarter about 12.1 million smart phones. BlackBerry sales fluctuate near the mark of 14.4 million units. For the quarter Nokia had lost 31% in sales of smart phones over the same period last year, but the company hopes to regain lost ground this year due to devices running Windows Phone 7.