iPhone 4S Pushes Apple Into No. 3 Spot for Global Phone Sales
Apple sold 37 million phones in the fourth quarter giving it an 8.7 percent market share of the global phone market, more than doubling the 4 percent market share it held in the fourth quarter of 2010. For the entire year, Apple sold 93 million phones for a 6 percent market share, a 96 percent increase over 2010.
The market continued to be dominated by Nokia and Samsung, which sold 113 million and 97 million phones in the fourth quarter, respectively. While Samsung’s 20 percent market share reflected nearly a 21 percent increase, Nokia’s market share shrank by 8.2 percent to 30.7 percent.
Apple has more than doubled it’s market share in the global mobile phone market at a time when overall sales have slowed. Impressive.