More than 700 Million Smartphones Shipped in 2012 as Apple, Samsung Dominate

A record 700 million smartphones were shipped in 2012, with more than half of those coming from industry leaders Samsung and Apple.

Samsung shipped an estimated 213 million smartphones, or roughly 30 percent of the market, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple, meanwhile, saw its shipments rise 46 percent, to 135.8 million giving the company roughly the same 19 percent of the market it had a year earlier. In all, smartphone shipments globally were up 43 percent from 2011, the research firm said.