Samsung (
005930) is gearing up for
its next major smartphone launch later this month but even without a new flagship smartphone, the company’s global market share reportedly surged in the first quarter this year. RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue doesn’t officially cover
Samsung, but he believes that the South Korean vendor managed to dodge the typical seasonal downturn and show an increase in smartphone market share from Q4 2012 to Q1 2013. Following
Samsung’s pre-announcement, Sue believes the company sold as many as 66 million smartphones last quarter — but it’s just getting started.
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