On the other hand, sales of "regular" phones fell by 21% compared to the same quarter last year and amounted to 210 million copies. The biggest growth in sales of smart devices was recorded in Eastern Europe (up by 31.6%), Asia (up by 74.1%) and South America (up by 55.7%).

Samsung is still the largest manufacturer of smart phones with a market share of 31.7%, the second is Apple with a share of 14.2%, the third is Korean company LG, with a share of 5.1%, while a surprising fourth place is being hold by the Chinese company Lenovo with a share of 4.7%.

[Ed - Apple's Global marketshare dropped a little this time although their presence in the US is still very strong. This has given many a very false imrpession of how the leading manufacturers stand in terms of market penetration. Still Apple's popularity in the US has always been high as their devices are seens as a status symbol by many... at least for now.]

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