Samsung tops smartphone sales in China

Samsung topped the South Korean company for the first time smart phone market in China in 2012, according to company data, "Strategic Analytics" to market statistics quoted by the agency Yonhap.

Samsung has doubled its sales almost Thelat times in the largest market in the world of smart phones, where it sold 30.06 million smartphones in China in 2012, up from 10.9 million units a year earlier.

According to company statistics, the Samsung currently accounts for 17.7% of the market share, which is a very high percentage if we take into account that the company only sells mobile phones in China in 2009 began.

And occupied the Chinese Lenovo ranked second with 13.2% market share, up by four points in 2011, while Apple's US company in third place with 11%, followed by China's Huawei was 9.9%, then the company "Cole Bad" by 9.7 %.

This reflects the rise of Samsung's fastest rapid decline of the Finnish company Nokia, which now occupies seventh place in China, with sales of 3.7% of the market share, compared to B29.9% in 2011.

But the site Tech Krnch specializing in technology news believes that Samsung -bgd of their current dominance in China, and the current position as the largest manufacturer of smartphones in the world of early her celebrate this its position, as data showed the company "Strategic Analytics" that fourth-quarter sales Samsung fell behind Apple as a result of strong demand for the phone "iPhone 5".

In the fourth quarter of 2012, acquired Samsung at 28.7% of the global smartphone market, which is much lower rate than it relates to Apple, which accounted for 42.7%, but nevertheless it is difficult to compare the direct sales of the two companies, because the "iPhone 5" launch in September / September, making him the benefit of the purchase season in the year-end holidays, while the "Galaxy S 3" -oho another top tier phones Samsong- put up the first time in May / may, and possibly sales fell to users waiting for a "Galaxy S 4 back "expected disclosed in March 14 / this March.