Samsung,The Number One In Smartphones?

New York - Samsung has managed not only with mobile phones in general, but also in the booming smartphone in the world: The South Korean manufacturer's figures for U.S. market research firm IDC on Tuesday, according to the new number one in front of Nokia and Apple.

In the first quarter Samsung sold 42.2 million thus multimedia phones - an increase of 267 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Thus, the Group now have a market share of 29.1 percent for smartphones and lying in front of Apple with 35.2 million iPhones sold and a market share of 24.2 percent.

Samsung have in the past two years laid in the business with multimedia phones massive growth, IDC said. Moreover, the Group has leveraged its relationships with the phone companies in many countries in order to regain market share at the expense of its competitors. Samsung is especially successful with its Galaxy series of smartphones.

Sales of mobile phones in total in the first quarter, according to IDC's worldwide dropped slightly by 1.5 percent to 398.4 million units. As confirmed by other market analysts, Samsung is here also front - before the long-term number one, Nokia, Apple may the Chinese manufacturer ZTE and South Korean competitors LG Electronics.

Smartphones are selling worldwide continue dazzling and now make up more than a third of all mobile phones sold: sales increased in the first quarter to 42.5 percent worldwide to just over € 145 million. (SDA)