Apple(Apple video converter) has leap-frogged LG into third place for global Mobile Phone(Mobile Phone Video Converter) sales according to research firm IDC.
The findings suggest that in Q4 of 2011 Apple(Apple video converter) shipped 37 million units globally, 20 million more than LG managed in the same period – which includes both smartphones and featurephones.
Apple has seen its mobile(mobile video converter mac) phone market share boom with the Q4 2011 stats showing a 128% year-on-year increase in the number of shipped units and a 96% rise for the year.
Eating in to Nokia’s dominance
Nokia(Nokia video converter) still sits top of the tree having shipped 113.5 million units in Q4 (26.6% market share), but the Finnish company saw its year-on-year stats take an 8.2% drop as competition from Samsung(Samsung video converter) and Apple intensified in 2011.
Samsung(Samsung video converter) also witnessed a year-on-year increase of 20% shipping 97 million units in Q4, cementing its second place position with 22.8% of the market share.
Apple are still some way behind Samsung and Nokia(Nokia video converter) in terms of units shipped, as iPhones accounted for just 6% of total phones in 2011, with Nokia claiming 27% and Samsung 21% for the year.
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