However, it still remains to be seen how much of the Lumia mix was driven by Windows Phone 8 volume, and if the shipment volume was propped up by some of the older Lumias that were deeply discounted.
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East Coast and Gulf inbound shipments alone account for nearly half of all inbound shipment volume.
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Lumia shipment volume was 4.4 million units, more than 4 times the same in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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But, it also expects LCD shipment volume to rise in mid-single digits sequentially.
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He said the shipment volume of ultrabooks (PCs less than 1 inch thick) grew 18 fold in U.S. last year.
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This in turn will lead to higher shipment volume of LCD glass provided by Corning to various panel manufacturers like Samsung.
This is obviously less than what Microsoft planning with the Surface RT, which had an initial shipment volume of four million units.
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The company added Samsung's 2012 shipment volume was the largest number of units ever shipped by a smartphone vendor in a single year.
Apple shipped over 2.7 million notebook PCs in the first quarter of 2011, historically the second highest quarterly level and only 5% lower than the shipment volume in the preceding quarter.
While Lumia shipment volume of 4.4 million units was more than 4 times the same in the year-ago quarter, the newly launched full-touch Asha phones saw close to 45% growth in unit sales sequentially.
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