Apple Grabs Record 8.8% of Worldwide Mobile Phone Market; But Slips to Second Place in The Worldwide Smartphone Market in Q1 2012

Research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) reports that vendors shipped 398.4 million units in 1Q12 compared to 404.3 million units in the first quarter of 2011.
Based on these estimates, Apple grabbed a record 8.8% of the mobile phone market compared to 8.7% market share in the last quarter.
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