New York: A market research firm Strategy Analytics and IHS iSuppli has said that Apple has emerged as the top smartphone seller worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2011, by a small margin, after losing ground to Samsung in the previous quarter.
Samsung had a close to 20 percent share for the year, in comparison to Apple’s 19 percent share, according to Strategy Analytics.
Samsung had overtaken Apple in the third quarter, as customers waited for the iPhone 4S. Apple’s introduction of the new phone in the fourth quarter unleashed tremendous pent-up demand for the iPhone as consumers awaited the arrival of the latest model, said IHS iSuppli.
Besides competing in the market, Apple and Samsung are in fierce patent litigation, with Apple trying to block Samsung devices in many markets.
Global smartphone shipments grew 54 percent annually to reach a record 155 million units in the fourth quarter, said Strategy Analytics.
Apple’s smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter were 37 million, up 128 percent from the same quarter a year ago, it said. Shipments by Samsung in the quarter were 36.5 million, up 241 percent.
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