Smartphone Shipments Could Top 1.5 Billion in 2012

by Louis Bedigian, Benzinga Staff Writer

July 6, 2012 10:47 AM | 20 seconds read | Make a Comment

Between Apple

AAPL

, Nokia

NOK

, Research in Motion

RIMM

, Samsung, and other manufacturers, a mind-boggling number of smartphones were shipped in 2012.

According to

, 398.4 million smartphones were shipped in the first quarter alone. At that rate, full-year smartphone shipments could top 1.5 billion.

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