It's been announced that Apple have been crowned the world's largest smartphone manufacturer. They have beaten the likes of manufacturing giants Samsung and Nokia to the top spot.
This is all according to the latest figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC). The growth that Apple have had over the last year has been tremendous. The stats show that Apple have 19.1 percent of the market share which is a massive 142 percent growth since the same time last year. Apple managed to ship 20.3 million units in Q2 of this year. Samsung and Nokia are not too far behind though taking the number 2 and 3 spots.
The stats also revealed that the makers of BlackBerry RIM sold 12.4 million handsets over a 3 month period taking 11.6 percent of the market share and giants HTC 11.7 million handsets which is 11 percent of the market share.
Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Tech team said, "Ever since the first iPhone released in 2007, Apple has made market-setting strides in hardware, software and channel development to grab mindshare and market share.
