Q1 2012: WorldWide: Samsung sold 93,5 million handsets, Nokia 82,7 million 22,5 %, Apple 9,5% market share.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

Q1 2012: WorldWide: Samsung sold 93,5 million handsets, Nokia 82,7 million 22,5 %, Apple 9,5% market share.

 Samsung, the world's top technology firm by revenue, has overtaken Nokia, the long-time global mobile phone leader, and is outmuscling Japanese rivals in TVs and memory chips. 

Its January-March operating profit nearly doubled to 5.85 trillion won, in line with the company's guidance, and was up from 5.3 trillion won in the previous quarter, sending Samsung shares up 2.9 percent to a record 1.38 million won ($1,200).

Samsung sold 93.5 million handsets (25.4%) in January-March - more than one in every four sold around the world - according to Strategy Analytics, overtaking Nokia, which sold 82.7 million phones and had 22.5 percent market share. Apple had a market share of 9.5 percent.

"Samsung's smartphone success in the first quarter was the flip-side of Nokia's disappointment," Matt Evans, CLSA analyst, said in a recent report.