IDC: Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Top One Billion Units for the First Time

The worldwide smartphone market reached yet another milestone, having shipped one billion units in a single year for the first time. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 1,004.2 million smartphones worldwide, up 38.4 percent from the 725.3 million units in 2012. This aligns with [...]