Nokia still top vendor as global handset shipments reached 1.6 billion in 2011

Global mobile phone shipments grew 14% annually to shatter the previous shipment record in 2011. Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that 1.6 billion cell phones were shipped last year,�representing more than one-fifth of the world’s total population, which surpassed 7 billion in late October last year according to the�Population Reference Bureau. An earlier report from the GSMA estimated that there are now more than 6 billion total mobile connections worldwide. Read on for more. Handset shipments grew 11% to reach 445 million units globally last quarter according to Strategy Analytics, 155 million of which were smartphones. Nokia retained its No.1 position globally with mobile phone shipments totaling 113.5 million units, and Samsung followed with 95 million units. With just

Source: http://www.bgr.com/2012/01/27/nokia-still-top-vendor-as-global-handset-shipments-reached-1-6-billion-in-2011/

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