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In a first, smartphones beat feature phone sales
Smartphones have surpassed feature phones in global sales, according to a report released by a technology research firm on Wednesday. Smartphones accounted for 51.8% of mobile phone sales in the second quarter of 2013, overtaking feature phone sales for the first time ever, Gartner said. Worldwide mobile phone sales amounted to 435 million units in the second quarter of this year — an increase of 3.6% from the same period last year, the report said. Worldwide smartphone sales reached 225 million units, up 46.5% from the second quarter of 2012 while feature phone sales stood at 210 million units, declining 21% year-on-year.
"With second quarter of 2013 sales broadly on track, we see little need to adjust our expectations for worldwide mobile phone sales forecast to total 1.82 billion units this year. Flagship devices brought to market in time for the holidays, and the continued price reduction of smartphones will drive consumer adoption in the second half of the year," said Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner. Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Eastern Europe exhibited the highest smartphone growth rates of 74.1%, 55.7% and 31.6% respectively, as smartphone sales grew in all regions, Gartner said.
Korea's Samsung maintained the number one position in the global smartphone market as its share of smartphone sales reached 31.7%, up from 29.7% in the second quarter of 2012. Apple's smartphone sales reached 32 million units in the second quarter of 2013, up 10.2% from a year ago.
Smartphones have surpassed feature phones in global sales, according to a report released by a technology research firm on Wednesday. Smartphones accounted for 51.8% of mobile phone sales in the second quarter of 2013, overtaking feature phone sales for the first time ever, Gartner said. Worldwide mobile phone sales amounted to 435 million units in the second quarter of this year — an increase of 3.6% from the same period last year, the report said. Worldwide smartphone sales reached 225 million units, up 46.5% from the second quarter of 2012 while feature phone sales stood at 210 million units, declining 21% year-on-year.
"With second quarter of 2013 sales broadly on track, we see little need to adjust our expectations for worldwide mobile phone sales forecast to total 1.82 billion units this year. Flagship devices brought to market in time for the holidays, and the continued price reduction of smartphones will drive consumer adoption in the second half of the year," said Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner. Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Eastern Europe exhibited the highest smartphone growth rates of 74.1%, 55.7% and 31.6% respectively, as smartphone sales grew in all regions, Gartner said.
Korea's Samsung maintained the number one position in the global smartphone market as its share of smartphone sales reached 31.7%, up from 29.7% in the second quarter of 2012. Apple's smartphone sales reached 32 million units in the second quarter of 2013, up 10.2% from a year ago.
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