Nokia Smartphones to be Overtaken by Both Samsung and Apple This Year

Nokia’s smartphone presence in the U.S. is barely a blip on the marketshare radar. However, Nokia has been worldwide smartphone market leader since day one. Reuters sets this day one date as 1996. Reuters quotes a Nomura analysis predicting this worldwide dominance coning to an end this year.

Samsung, Apple to end Nokia’s smartphone reign

Nomura’s analysts predict that Samsung will overtake Nokia in smartphone sales this quarter. They also predict that Apple will overtake Nokia next quarter dropping Nokia to third in the worldwide smartphone market.

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