Smartphone sales statistics are out for Q2 2013. Juniper has crunched the numbers and here’s what they found. Smartphone shipments reached 230 million in Q2 2013, representing a year over year growth of almost 50% from Q2 2012 and quarter over quarter growth of nearly 13%. Samsung increased its smartphone market share by shipping an estimated 72 million smartphones and accounting for approximately 31% of all smartphone shipments in the quarter.
Likewise, Apple boasted iPhone sales showing strong year over year growth – up by 20% to more than 31 million – but saw year over year profits fall for the second successive quarter. Apple was also the only leading vendor to experience a quarter over quarter decline in smartphone sales, down 17% from the previous quarter: as a result its share of smartphones slipped from 18% in Q1 2013 to 14% in Q2.
LG posted its highest ever smartphones sales quarter, shipping 12 million in Q2 2013, representing a year over year growth of an impressive 114% from Q2 2012. Meanwhile, Chinese demand for low and mid end smartphones led to increased sales for vendors including Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo, with each exceeding an estimated 10 million shipments in Q2 2013.
Nokia shipped 11.7 million smartphones in the fourth quarter and posted Lumia sales of 7.4 million compared to 5.6 million in the previous quarter. The company also shipped 4.3 million Asha smartphones in the second quarter.
BlackBerry’s recent results – which run to a different financial schedule – are expected to see them ship around 6.9 million smartphones in Q2 2013. The Canadian company is believed to have sold nearly 2.8 million BlackBerry 10 devices over the past three months.
With Apple expected to come out with a new iPhone in September, the smartphone marketplace should radically change. We’ll see sometime in October if that’s true.