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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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Mobile phone sales could have a reached a saturation point according to analysts with the industry seeing its slowest growth rate since 2009, but that hasn't stopped Samsung from selling over 566,000 a day over the last 90 days.
"A volatile global economy, maturing penetration of smartphones among contract mobile subscribers, and some Apple fans holding off purchases in anticipation of a new iPhone 5 model later this year were among the main causes of the slowdown," believes Alex Spektor, Associate Director at Strategy Analytics.
According to the latest research from the company, global smartphone shipments grew 32 per cent annually to reach 146 million units in the second quarter of 2012 with Samsung and Apple together capturing over half the global market.
“Samsung shipped 50.5 million smartphones worldwide and captured a record 35 per cent market share in the second quarter of 2012. This was the largest number of units ever shipped by a smartphone vendor in a single quarter," adds Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics.
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Posted: 2012-07-27 15:56
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