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Image: Members of the media photograph the iPhone 5 in San Francisco.
Photographs: Beck Diefenbach/Reuters
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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Image: JK Shin, President of IT and Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics, presents the Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone in Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Samsung
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 160 million units
Global rank: 1
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Image: iPhone 5 in San Francisco.
Photographs: Beck Diefenbach/Reuters
Apple
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 110 million units
Global rank: 2
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Image: Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone in London.
Photographs: Paul Hackett/Reuters
Nokia
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 59 million units
Global rank: 3
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Image: Porsche designed Blackberry in Orlando, Florida.
Photographs: David Manning/Reuters
Research In Motion
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 50 million units
Global rank: 4
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Image: A shop attendant arranges HTC phones in a mobile phone store in Taipei, Taiwan.
Photographs: Pichi Chuang/Reuters
HTC
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 40 million units
Global rank: 5
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Image: A LG Electronics Optimus 3D smartphone.
Photographs: Truth Leem/Reuters
LG
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 27 million units
Global rank: 6
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Image: Senior vice-president for product management at Motorola Mobility Rick Osterloh introduces Motorola droid phones in New York.
Photographs: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Motorola
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 25 million units
Global rank: 7
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Image: Sony Ericsson's smartphones are displayed at an electronics shop in Tokyo.
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
Sony Ericsson
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): 24 million units
Global rank: 8
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Image: A man with video camera records outside the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts before Apple introduced the iPhone 5 in San Francisco.
Photographs: Beck Diefenbach/Reuters
Apple
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $34 billion
Global rank: 1
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Image: Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone in Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Samsung
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $12 billion
Global rank: 2
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Image: A woman walks past a HTC's window advertisement outside a mobile phone store in Taipei, Taiwan.
Photographs: Pichi Chuang/Reuters
HTC
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $3 billion
Global rank: 3
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Image: A woman uses her mobile phone at the Blackberry World Event in Orlando, Florida.
Photographs: David Manning/Reuters
Research In Motion
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $2 billion
Global rank: 4
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Image: A visitor plays with a Nokia smartphone in Taipei.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
Nokia
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): $1 billion
Global rank: 5
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Image: A Sony-Ericsson Xperia Play is displayed in Barcelona.
Photographs: Albert Gea/Reuters
Sony Ericsson
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): Nil
Global rank: 6
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Image: Motorola droid phones Droid Razor M, Droid Razor HD and the Droid Razor Maxx HD in New York.
Photographs: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Motorola
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): Nil
Global rank: 6
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Image: A man holds a LG Arena phone in Barcelona.
Photographs: Albert Gea/Reuters
LG
Smartphone sales (July 2011-June 2012): Nil
Global rank: 6
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