After winning the first spot for maximum smartphone sales in China, Samsung today ranked first for smartphone sales in first quarter 2013 in the whole world. The report comes from the same research firm Strategic Analytics (via Yonhap News) which reported yesterday over China’s smartphone sales.
According to a report, Samsung’s smartphones sales topped $23.63 billion during the first quarter of 2013, while Apple posted $22.95 billion worth of smartphones sales in the quarter, down $7.71 billion from previous quarter. The Yonhap News report suggests that there is a solid demand for Samsung’s high-end smartphones going on.
Next after Samsung and Apple comes Nokia which stands at third place with sales of $3.64 billion, followed by LG Electronics with $2.95 billion in sales.