Samsung is one-third of all smartphones sold in the first quarter

According to DRAMeXchange, is a division of analyst firm TrendForce in the first quarter of 2013, the world has sold 216.4 million smartphones, with almost 30% of them were produced by Samsung. In this case, the only significant competitor to the South Korean company in the market, the U.S. Apple, has not been as successful in increasing the volume of their sales. Model of the iPhone 5 has not attracted much attention of the same as the previous version, which resulted in a slight decrease in market share. However, it is worth noting that in 2013, despite the absence of an equally high-profile player like Samsung and Apple, the overall share of the producers of the second tier has grown. If in the first quarter of 2012, Samsung held 29.7%, while Apple 18,8% of the market, then this year, these figures dropped to 29.6% and 15.3%, respectively. Took advantage of such brands as Sony and Lenovo, who have managed to improve their position. Also the share of small producers, who are now in total control of 23.9%. But they got those sales that the company lost Nokia, HTC and RIM. The latter, in the form of BlackBerry has not won a single color in the graphics, adding to the number of "other". It is important to note that the most promising, according to last year's estimates, the Chinese market, the situation was not as rosy - local brands overestimated their height by 5-15%.