Mobile handsets Market is hotting up with series of acquisitions, new technology rolled out every now and then and new market entrants. Big companies such as Nokia, Samsung who had a great amount of market share got the hammer when Apple launched iPhone. And now Apple holds the maximum market share in smartphones.

According to latest mobile market research stats by IDC this is how the market for smartphones stands –

If we look at the number of units sold by each of these companies smartphone market has gained a lot –