The table provides information about the figures of mobile phones of different brands in millions that were purchased from 2006 to 2012.
Overall, it is evident that Nokia was the market leader, even in spite of the fluctuations in numbers in the last few years. Ericsson and Motorola experienced a significant drop in sales over the span, while Samsung and Apple had a clear upward trend.
Samsung selling rates had a progressive uptake and by 2012 they increased nearly four-fold from 117 million to nearly 400 million and the company ended up being the best seller among the competitors. Nokia, meanwhile, had minor variations in figures after sales had reached a peak of 475 million in 2008. But regardless of that, it had been the top manufacturing company for almost the whole period and in 2012 got second place with a total of 335 million.
In contrast, both Ericsson and Motorola had shown steady downward trends. Moreover, they reached their lowest with the same amount of 28 million each by 2012. And Apple got to the market a year later than other brands. However, this did not prevent it from a rapid rise in numbers and taking third place among brands with approximately 136 million sold phones.