1.6 billion mobile phones shipped in 2012: Samsung ships 396.5M, Apple ships 135.8M

January 25, 2013 12:46 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Global phone shipments hit 1.6 billion units in 2012, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, with Samsung shipping an massive 396.5 million phones last year.

Samsung shipped a stunning 57M smartphones in Q3 — twice as many as Apple

October 25, 2012 8:54 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Samsung shipped "the largest number of units ever shipped by a smartphone vendor in a single quarter."