The table shows the number of mobile
phones
sold by five companies, Use synonyms
Nokia
, Ericsson, Use synonyms
Samsung
, Use synonyms
Motorola
and Use synonyms
Apple
, between 2006 and 2012. The numbers are given in millions.Use synonyms
Overall
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Nokia
sold the most Use synonyms
phones
during most of Use synonyms
this
period. Linking Words
However
, its Linking Words
sales
went down Use synonyms
at the end
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Samsung
and Use synonyms
Apple
had Use synonyms
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, as their Check wording
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sales
increased over time.In 2006, Use synonyms
Nokia
sold 345 Use synonyms
million
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phones
, Use synonyms
while
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Motorola
sold 210 Use synonyms
million
. Use synonyms
Samsung
sold 117 Use synonyms
million
, and Ericsson sold only 74 Use synonyms
million
. In 2008, Use synonyms
Nokia
reached its highest figure of 475 Use synonyms
million
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phones
. Use synonyms
After
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this
, its Linking Words
sales
changed from year to year and Use synonyms
finally
fell to 335 Linking Words
million
in 2012.Use synonyms
Samsung
’s Use synonyms
sales
increased every year, from 117 Use synonyms
million
in 2006 to 396.5 Use synonyms
million
in 2012. Use synonyms
This
made Linking Words
Samsung
a strong competitor to Use synonyms
Nokia
. Use synonyms
In contrast
, Ericsson’s Linking Words
sales
fell to only 28 Use synonyms
million
by 2012. Use synonyms
Motorola
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also
had a large decrease, from 210 Linking Words
million
in 2006 to around 28 Use synonyms
million
in 2012.Use synonyms
Apple
started selling Use synonyms
phones
in 2007, with 2.3 Use synonyms
million
Use synonyms
sales
. Its Use synonyms
sales
grew quickly and reached about 135.8 Use synonyms
million
in 2012.In conclusion, Use synonyms
Samsung
and Use synonyms
Apple
became more successful, Use synonyms
while
Ericsson and Linking Words
Motorola
lost Use synonyms
sales
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