The data indicates 1.7B or so handsets where shipped in 2012. At a buck a phone...discounted by 30% for taxes and expenses, divided by 40,000,000 multiplied by a p/e of 10 [based on aapl's future]and you get $297.50. I wonder what would happen if you included M2M, other wireless. I think if you put it all in one pot, this stock clearly has AT LEAST $10.00 of growth potential...[sic] 
"Samsung's 213 million smartphones shipped over the course of 2012 sets a record for most units shipped by a smartphone vendor in a single year"
"...Apple continued to see growth, despite rumors that iPhone 5 part production cutbacks were a sign of low demand, shipping 135.8 million smartphones worldwide, capturing a marketshare of 19 percent globally"
"...Nokia managed to hang on to its third place position, shipping 35 million smartphones in 2012. However, the Finnish phone giant's market share dipped from 16 percent last year to a mere five percent this year...POOR BABIES ARE GETTING THEIR FINNISH AZZES KICKED, the richards!"
***Global Smartphone Shipments Reach a Record 700 Million Units in 2012s ***
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/25/samsung-dominated-apple-and-nokia-with-a-record-213m-smartphones-shipped-in-2012/
From IDC...
BTW, I am still pulling for RIMM and its new phone. For some reason, I just love Blackberry phones.
"The world is a dangerous place to live�not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." �Albert Einstein
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