Apple closed the year a close second with 93.2 million units shipped and a market share 19 per cent. Despite disappointment that the iPhone 4S wasn't the iPhone 5, its launch saw Apple climb back into the market leadership position in the fourth quarter of last year (after ceding it to Samsung in the third quarter), shipping 37 million units in the last three months of 2011.
Samsung top smartphone manufacturer in 2011: IDC
GLOBAL: Despite Apple claiming the top spot in the fourth quarter of 2011 with the launch of its iPhone 4S, Samsung closed 2011 as the year's top smartphone manufacturer with 94 million units shipped and a market share of 19.1 per cent, IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker research has found.
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