Smartphone shipments log double-digit growth in 2010

Khidr Suleman
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Nokia still top vendor, but Samsung is hot on its heels, says IDC

Global mobile phone sales rose by a record 17.9 per cent in the last quarter of 2010 on the back of soaring smartphone shipments, and growth is predicted to continue until 2014, according to the la...

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