Samsung sells 76 mn smartphones in Q2, mkt share up: report

Samsung's market share expanded to 33.1 percent. Overall, the global smartphone market grew 47 percent to a record 229.6 million

July 26, 2013 / 08:51 IST

Samsung Electronics sold 76 million smartphones in the second quarter, expanding its market share to 33.1 percent, Strategy Analytics said on Friday.

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Overall, the global smartphone market grew 47 percent to a record 229.6 million, the research firm said.

Second-ranked Apple saw its market share shrink to 13.6 percent after selling 31.2 million iPhones, as smaller rivals such as LG Electronics Inc, ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies seized larger slices.

first published: Jul 26, 2013 08:32 am

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