The table shows the number of mobile phones sold in millions for a period of six years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table reflects the dynamic of change in the mobile phone industry from 2006 till 2012. There are the most common labels,

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as Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola and Apple and their sales, which makes it easier to compare numbers and apply

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to the success of each company. Despite a small increase in the middle of the period Nokia almost did not switch its position in 2012 in comparison to 2006,

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Motorola decreased moderately from 210 million sold mobile phones in 2006 to 28 in 2012.

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, the same situation is observed in Ericddon’s statistics where the number of phones went down from 102 in 2007 to 28 in 2012,

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there was a significant climb in one year between 2006 and 2007 from 74 to 102 million.

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, the most interesting cases here are Samsung and Apple, which are considered by many people to be leaders and competitors in the industry.

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, in that period Samsung had a gradual growth of approximately three times from 117 to 396,5,

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Apple appearing in that market later than others, in 2007, achieved incredible success and raised sales practically 60 times.