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World's top selling and most profitable smartphones

Last updated on: September 14, 2012 08:38 IST
Members of the media photograph the iPhone 5 in San Francisco.

Apple's iPhone 5 is expected to outsell Samsung's Galaxy SIII, its nearest rival, which has shifted over 20 million units worldwide since its launch in May, according to The Economist.

Each new model of the iPhone has sold as many units as all previous versions combined. Since the launch of the original iPhone in 2007, it has brought in $150 billion in sales revenue, with $74 billion of that in the past year, it says.

Source: The Economist

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JK Shin, President of IT and Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics, presents the Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone in Berlin.

Samsung

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 160 million units

Global rank: 1

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iPhone 5 in San Francisco.

Apple

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 110 million units

Global rank: 2

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Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone in London.

Nokia

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 59 million units

Global rank: 3

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Porsche designed Blackberry in Orlando, Florida.

Research In Motion

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 50 million units

Global rank: 4

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A shop attendant arranges HTC phones in a mobile phone store in Taipei, Taiwan.

HTC

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 40 million units

Global rank: 5

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A LG Electronics Optimus 3D smartphone.

LG

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 27 million units

Global rank: 6

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Senior vice-president for product management at Motorola Mobility Rick Osterloh introduces Motorola droid phones in New York.

Motorola

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 25 million units

Global rank: 7

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Sony Ericsson's smartphones are displayed at an electronics shop in Tokyo.

Sony Ericsson

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 24 million units

Global rank: 8

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A man with video camera records outside the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts before Apple introduced the iPhone 5 in San Francisco.

Apple

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $34 billion

Global rank: 1

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Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone in Berlin.

Samsung

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $12 billion

Global rank: 2

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A woman walks past a HTC's window advertisement outside a mobile phone store in Taipei, Taiwan.

HTC

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $3 billion

Global rank: 3

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A woman uses her mobile phone at the Blackberry World Event in Orlando, Florida.

Research In Motion

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $2 billion

Global rank: 4

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A visitor plays with a Nokia smartphone in Taipei.

Nokia

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $1 billion

Global rank: 5

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A Sony-Ericsson Xperia Play is displayed in Barcelona.

Sony Ericsson

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): Nil

Global rank: 6

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Motorola droid phones Droid Razor M, Droid Razor HD and the Droid Razor Maxx HD in New York.

Motorola

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): Nil

Global rank: 6

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A man holds a LG Arena phone in Barcelona.

LG

Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): Nil

Global rank: 6