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Two conflicting estimates paint very different pictures ofSamsung's smartphone sales in the March quarter, as the company didnot publicly disclose exactly how many smartphones it shipped. Directly contradicting an earlier report that estimated Samsung shipped 44.5 million smartphones in thefirst quarter of calendar 2012, IHS iSuppli reported on Friday that Samsung shipped just 32 million smartphones during thequarter. The massive 12.5 million unit difference between the twoestimates from Strategy Analytics and iSuppli puts Samsung eitherwell above or below Apple for the quarter. Unlike Samsung, Apple publicly discloses its quarterly iPhonesales. The company revealed on Tuesday that it sold 35.1 million iPhones last quarter, representing 88percent unit growth over the same three-month span in 2011. Apple initially took the smartphone crown from Samsung in the holiday quarter of 2011, in which the company was bolstered by the launch of theiPhone 4S. Whether Apple retained the lead in smartphone shipmentsin the March quarter, however, remains uncertain. On Thursday, Samsung confirmed its earlier estimates for the March quarter, and posted profits of 5.85 trillion won, or$5.2 billion. The bulk of the company's profits came from itsmobile division. One point that both Strategy Analytics and iSuppli can agree on isSamsung passed Nokia to become the top overall mobile phone vendorin the March quarter. Strategy Analytics' higher estimate pegsSamsung's mobile phone shipments as 93.5 million, while iSuppli hasthe company slightly lower, with shipments of 92 million. "Samsung surpassing of Nokia for cellphone market leadershiprepresents not only a changing of the guard among handset brandsbut also a fundamental shift in the structure of the wirelessmarket," said Ian Fogg, senior principal analyst, mobile for IHS. "Cellphone market growth is now being generated exclusively by thesmartphone segment, and not by the feature phones, entry-levelcellphones and ultra-low-cost handsets (ULCH) that had fueled theindustry expansion over the previous decade. Samsung hassuccessfully ridden the wave of smartphone adoption to attainmarket leadership. Meanwhile, Nokia is in the midst oftransitioning its smartphone strategy, resulting in decliningshipments for the company.". We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Bag Filter Equipment , Polyester Filter Bag for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Nomex Filter Bag.
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