Apple overtakes Nokia as top smartphone vendor, says Canalys

Canalys has published its final worldwide country-level second-quarter smart phone market estimates, showing substantial market growth in all regions. Android, the number one platform by shipments since the fourth quarter of 2010, was the strongest growth driver in the quarter, with Android-based smartphone shipments up 379% over a year ago to 51.9 million units. In addition, with shipments of 20.3 million iPhones and a market share of 19%, iOS overtook Nokia's Symbian platform during the quarter to take second place worldwide. In doing so, Apple also became the world's leading individual smart phone vendor, stripping Nokia of its long-held leadership position.



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