According to IDC, Samsung sold 215.8m smartphones in 2012, up 129% year-on-year to take a 30.3% share of global smartphone shipments. Ahead of Apple’s 135.9m iPhone shipments, up 46.9% year-on-year for a 19.1% market share. IDC notes that 712.6m smartphones were shipped in 2012 as a whole, up 44.1% on 2011’s 494.6m. Read more.
Samsung sold 215.8m smartphones in 2012 claims IDC
