Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.3 percent decline from the second quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc.
Smartphone sales accounted for 36.7 percent of total mobile phone sales and grew 42.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012.
“Demand slowed further in the second quarter of 2012,” said Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner. “High-profile smartphone launches from key manufacturers such as the anticipated Apple iPhone 5, along with Chinese manufacturers pushing 3G and preparing for major device launches in the second half of 2012, will drive the smartphone market upward. However, feature phones will continue to see pressure,” said Gupta.
Worldwide mobile device sales to end users by vendor in Q2, 12 (thousands of units)
Company |
2Q12 Units |
2Q12 Market Share (%) |
2Q11 Units |
2Q11 Market Share (%) |
Samsung |
90,432.1 |
21.6 |
69,827.6 |
16.3 |
Nokia |
83,420.1 |
19.9 |
97,869.3 |
22.8 |
Apple |
28,935.0 |
6.9 |
19,628.8 |
4.6 |
ZTE |
17,936.4 |
4.3 |
13,070.2 |
3.0 |
LG Electronics |
14,345.4 |
3.4 |
24,420.8 |
5.7 |
Huawei Device |
10,894.2 |
2.6 |
9,026.1 |
2.1 |
TCL Communications |
9,355.7 |
2.2 |
7,938.9 |
1.9 |
HTC |
9,301.2 |
2.2 |
11,016.1 |
2.6 |
Motorola |
9,163.2 |
2.2 |
10,221.4 |
2.4 |
Research In Motion |
7,991.2 |
1.9 |
12,652.3 |
3.0 |
Others |
137,233.4 |
32.8 |
152,989.70 |
35.7 |
Total |
419,007.90 |
100.0 |
428,661.15 |
100.0 |
“Samsung and Apple continued to dominate the smartphone market, together taking about half the market share, and widening the gap to other manufacturers. No other smartphone vendors had share close to 10 per cent,” said the Gartner analyst, adding that “in the race to be top smartphone manufacturer in 2012, Samsung has consistently increased its lead over Apple, and its open OS market share increased to one-and-a-half times that of Apple in the second quarter of 2012.”
Otilia Haraga