GOOG: Samsung extends smartphone crown

Samsung extends smartphone crown • 2:58 AM

• Samsung (SSNLF, SSNGY) widened its lead over Apple (AAPL) in the smartphone market in Q3, with Gartner estimating that Samsung sold 80.36M smartphones vs 55M a year earlier and Apple 30.33M vs 24.62M.
• The Korean company's market share held stead at 32.1% while Apple's dropped to 12.1% from 14.3%.
• Overall, the number of smartphones sold increased to 250.2M from 171.65M.
• By operating system, Google's (GOOG) Android accounted for 205M devices, or 81.9% of the market, Apple's iOS 30.33M, or 12.1%, and Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows 8.9M, or 3.6%.
• The total number of cellular phones sold rose to 455.6M from 431M. Samsung was in first place with 117M units and Nokia (NOK) second with 63M. (PR)

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