. Global cell phone shipments grew 14% annually to reach 390 million units in the third quarter as China-based ZTE passed Apple to become the No. 4 cell phone vendor in the world by volume. Market research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics on Thursday released global mobile phone shipment data for the third quarter of 2011, and the landscape is shifting. Nokia remained atop the list, having shipped 106.6 million cell phones in the September quarter, and Samsung remained in the No. 2 spot as mobile phone shipments exploded to 98 million units from 71.4 million in the same quarter last year. Read on for more.
LG managed to retain the No.
Boy Genius Report, Apple slides to No. 5 as ZTE sees Q3 mobile phone sales surge
