Only those from Samsung know 100% for sure who is the biggest seller of smartphones in the world, but for the rest the first place remains a mystery. Even so, Samsung and Apple would be sold no less than half of the smartphones sold in Q1 2012 worldwide and I'm talking about two companies that control half of this market. Apple, Samsung and Nokia are the biggest sellers of smartphones, but the first two companies sell as much as the rest combined, and that says a lot about how the industry has evolved in recent years.
Driven by the continued success of the iPhone 4S, Apple's sales grew 96.2 percent in the first quarter of 2012 as the new model expanded into new markets and carriers. Sales in China were particularly strong this quarter. With more than 5 million units, China became the second-largest market for Apple after the US On top of the sales through official carriers' channels, there was an increase in transshipments from Hong Kong where volume has been growing over the past few quarters to reach a sell-in of more than 3 million units.
Dividing by operating systems, iOS and Android OS captured 80% of the market in Q1 2012, Android being the platform that had the most smartphones sold. Apple alone cannot compete with Android in terms of smartphone sales, but when it comes to individual manufacturers it holds up quite well, but whether it has surpassed Samsung or not, we cannot find out the estimated results of the companies market analysis are extremely inaccurate.
In conclusion, iOS and Andorid OS remain the most important mobile platforms, and Apple and Samsung are the most important manufacturers.
