Samsung in 2011 was the number one top smartphone maker in the world according to iHS data. Samsung shipped 95 million smartphones, while Apple shipped 93 million iPhones, followed by 77 million by Nokia, 20 million by Sony and 19 million by Motorola.
In the fourth quarter due to the release of the Apple iPhone 4S, Apple beat out Samsung by one million.
The iPhone 4S launch in November was very successful, while Android remains the top smartphone OS, reported Nielsen.
46.3 percent of all smartphone owners surveyed in Q42011 reported they have an Android-based mobile phone.
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Samsung remained as the top cell phone maker with 25.6% of mobile subscribes, followed by LG( 20.5%), Motorola (13.7%), Apple(11.2%) and BlackBerry (6.15%). For the three-month average period ending in November, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile device.
Samsung's success of selling 300 million handsets for the first time, is attributed to technology innovation and the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Samsung Galaxy Note.
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2011 is the first year, in the four years of the Wireless and Mobile News' Top Ten Best Coolest Hottest Smartphones Review of Reviews list that an iPhone does not top the list. It is also the first year that BlackBerry has no entries at all.
In 2008, there was a three-way tie for first place the BlackBerry Storm, T-Mobile G1 (Android) and iPhone 3G. In 2009, the iPhone came in first place, while there was three-way tie for third place between the Droid, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Bold.