Samsung has been seeing record breaking profits five quarters in a row, and their success is undeniable. But their prediction for the first quarter of the year is 8.7 trillion won in profits, which is about $7.7 billion. This is up a whole 53% from last year, which was 5.7 trillion won. Their shipments of smartphones has also risen. Analysts predict… Read more
While it’s not always a source we hear from, the IDC (International Data Corporation) has released some jaw-dropping numbers from the third quarter of this year. The report claims that 75% of smartphones shipped in that quarter ran Android, a number that seems insane with Apple always in the news for the last few months. This isn’t the only huge number… Read more
Little known carrier in the US hailing out China, ZTE is now the fifth largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. With news that ZTE shipped 8 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2012, it is now the fifth-largest smartphone manufacturer in terms of units shipped, according to ZTE that is. In fact, ZTE says their worldwide marketshare is… Read more
It seems like everyone has a smartphone these days, and manufacturers have the numbers to back that up. In Q2, Samsung shipped 52.1 million smartphones. That doesn’t necessarily mean they sold all of them, but it’s still an impressive number for a single quarter. Next up is Apple, who sold 26 million phones in the same quarter. Considering Apple only… Read more
I’m pretty sure that the Nexus 7 loves being in the spotlight because it just won’t stay out of the news. This latest update from Google provides good news for anybody who’s ordered a Nexus 7. First off is the U.S. where all standalone 8GB Nexus 7 orders have been shipped while all the 16GB orders before July 11 will have shipped by July 19 with… Read more
While Samsung reported fantastic first quarter 2012 results, the biggest story may be one they didn’t even touch on. Samsung has overtaken Nokia as the world’s largest vendor of mobile phones for the first time, ending Nokia’s 14-year run at the top. According to research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung shipped an estimated 93.5 million handsets in the… Read more
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