Nokia has dominated the market for smartphones since it launched in 1996 Communicator model , but competition from its two closest rivals and its own sales slump sent him from first to third place in the quarter ending in June while the sector's growth begins to slow.
The market for 'smartphone' has increased by 76% from a year ago, Apple shipped a record 20.3 million iPhones in the quarter even though its model iPhone 4 already has more than a year. Usually a successful model of smartphone does not last long.
Apple introduced its sales last week, but on Friday analysts also felt that Samsung had sold 19 million smartphones in the quarter, well ahead of the 16.7 million Nokia as it has been able to take advantage of successful suit with smart phones using the Android software from Google.
"The catalog of Samsung Galaxy has proved popular, especially the S2 model pointer Android," said Neil Mawston , analyst at Strategy Analytics.
Strategy Analytics has estimated the market volume of smartphones grew 76 percent from a year ago. ABI Research was a little more cautious, estimating growth by 62 percent.
The growth of the global market for mobile phones slowed down too much in the period April to June , as sales fell for the basic models first time in seven quarters for control of consumer spending, said Friday the research firm IDC.
IDC said the strong demand for smartphones pushed the market to continue growing even a 11.3 percent from the previous year to 364.4 million phones, but this represented a clear slowdown compared to 16.8 percent growth seen in the previous quarter.
Strategy Analytics estimated the total mobile market in the quarter at 361 million devices .
Nokia is losing market share in phone simple to suppliers 'low cost' In a Reuters survey, the average of forecasts for the global market of 29 analysts stood at 374 million phones.
L IDC said sales calls as simple phones fell 4 percent from last year by the spending cuts and the continued shift toward smartphones , more visible in developed markets like the U.S., Western Europe and Japan.
"The shrinking market for simpler phones is having a big impact on some of the largest suppliers of mobile phones in the world, "said analyst Kevin Restivo in a statement.
"The stalwarts like Nokia are losing market share of mobile singles against low-cost providers such as Micromax, TCL-Alcatel, Huawei, "he added.
Nokia, which still remains the struggling phone maker by volume , saw its sales fell 20 percent in one year, which helped to shorten the minimum Samsung distance with the Finnish company in the global mobile market mobile.
Some analysts have predicted that Samsung will become the largest seller of mobile phones next year.
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