Samsung ships 52.1 million smartphones in Q2, doubles iPhone

According to new research from Juniper Research, Apple shipped 26 million iPhones during the same period.

by Don Reisinger

July 26, 2012 5:19 AM PDT

(Credit: Apple)

Samsung's total second-quarter shipments dwarfed Apple's, according to new data from Juniper Research.
The research firm reported today that during the second quarter, Samsung shipped 52.1 million smartphones worldwide, doubling Apple's 26 million tally. Samsung's shipments also easily outpaced RIM's BlackBerry, which could only muster 7.4 million shipments during the period. Nokia shipped 10.2 million smartphones worldwide, according to Juniper.
But before we go too far with the Samsung-killing-Apple rhetoric, it's important to point out that the "shipments" Juniper is citing for the iPhone are actually sales. Shipments, on the other hand, do not necessarily mean that all devices are sold. In Apple's case, all of the so-called "shipments" by Juniper were actually sales.

Top-10 Ranking of Global OEM Semiconductor Purchasers (Ranking by Revenue in Billions of U.S. Dollars).

(Credit: IHS iSuppli) Apple this year is expected to buy nearly $28 billion worth of semiconductors, up 15 percent from $24 billion in 2011, according to an IHS iSuppli.
"This means that Apple will dramatically outperform the No. 2 purchaser, Samsung," iSuppli said, allowing it to continue its hegemonic ways.
Apple, in short, is on a tear. Apple will increase its chip buying at a rate nearly three times faster than the next-fastest-rising purchaser, No. 8 ranked Canon, which will see a 4.6 percent increase this year, iSuppli said.