"The fourth quarter market share numbers showed a fairly dramatic resurgence for Apple, " said Bob O'Donnell, program vice president, Clients and Displays.

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For the full year 2012, Samsung accounted for more than 30% of smartphone sales worldwide, increasing its lead over Apple whose market share remained stagnant at about 20% y-o-y.

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For the full year 2012, Samsung accounted for more than 30% of the smartphone sales worldwide, increasing its lead over Apple whose market share has remained stagnant at almost 19% y-o-y.

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However, with the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple is looking to maintain its historical growth rates by tapping fast-growing regions such as China.

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With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at historical rates.

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With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. getting more saturated (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at historical rates.

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With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. saturating (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at close to historical rates.

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With the smartphone market in the developed regions getting more saturated (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2 2012) amid concerns that iPhone innovation has plateaued, Apple needs emerging markets such as China to drive iPhone growth in the coming years.

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