Samsung tops smartphone market

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd topped China's smartphone market in 2012, with sales nearly tripling year-on-year, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. This was the first time that the South Korean smartphone maker topped the list. Samsung sold more than 30 million smartphones in China last year, up from 10.9 million a year earlier. The company grabbed 17.7 percent of the market share in the country.

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