We saw last quarter that mobile phone sales were on the decline in general, but sales of smartphones were way, way up. That's how 2012 finished off as well, with cellphone sales down 1.7 percent overall from 2011, but sales of higher-IQ models up 38.3 percent year-on-year. Samsung and Apple fared particularly well in the latter category in Q4 2012, and made up over 52 percent of smartphones sold compared to 46 percent in Q3. Meanwhile, being embroiled in the odd security row didn'
