An inevitable shakeup in worldwide smartphone rankings is set to take place in the coming months, when Apple is expected to surpass Nokia in smartphone sales, and Samsung will become the world's largest smartphone maker.



From Apple Insider:

Nokia has led the global smartphone market since 1996, but that reign is set to end this quarter, when Samsung will be the worlds' largest smartphone maker, according to a new prediction from Japanese market analysis firm Nomura. Reporting on the prediction on Monday, Reuters said that Apple is also said to move past Nokia, leaving the Finnish handset maker in third place.

"Nokia looks set to relinquish its smartphone crown to Samsung and Apple," the research note reportedly says. "Further emphasizing the shift in power to Asia is our forecast for HTC to almost match Nokia during 2012."

  Apple set to overtake Nokia as Samsung becomes world's largest smartphone maker