By the end of the year Apple will become the world leader in terms of smartphone shipments

2011, on the assumptions of analysts, end the absolute success of Apple's smartphone in terms of popularity and supply reduction. According to DigiTimes, According to recent studies, in principle, users are buying more smartphones. At the end of the current year supply them all over the world must be equal to 462 million units. This is - a serious growth in the industry, compared with the previous year. Then the global smartphone shipments reached 288 million units.

As might have been expected, the sales leader in this field will be Apple. Cupertino-based company sells (or at least release) to the end of 2011, 86.4 million iPhone units. In the case of Apple growth is really impressive, it's a jump from 47.5 million "apple" smartphones sold in 2010.

In second place in smartphone shipments will be Nokia (74,4 million units). For the Finnish manufacturer of mobile devices is a significant reduction in performance. Indeed, in the past year, Nokia has released more than 100 million smartphones. Third place - for Samsung. The Korean manufacturer will increase the supply of its mobile products by 44% compared with 2010 - up to 67 million units. Completing the top five leaders RIM and HTC. Together, the five producers sell to the end of the year 72% of smartphones sold 100% in the industry as a whole.

It is listed by DigiTimes and the so-called "Rising Star" in the field. This is the Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE. Statistics of sales exceeds last year on average and 330%, respectively, at 480%.

In the case of Apple growth it is not surprising, because the American brand is almost entirely subdued Smartphone industry. Compete with it is very difficult now. The primacy of "apple" of the company even does not interfere with delayed release of the new iPhone model, which is expected in early October this year.