Nokia sold 5.1 million Lumia smartphones in the first quarter of 2013, according to Gartner. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the company was ranked at eighth position in the global smartphone market. During 2012, the manufacturer sold 39.3 million phones, down 53% over the preceding year.
Nokia said it sold 5.6 million units of Lumia phones during the first quarter of the year, up 25% year over the Q4 2012. The company claimed to have shipped a total of 6.1 million smart devices, which includes its Asha series of smartphones as well. It predicted that Lumia sales would be up 27% at the end of the ongoing quarter.
| Company | Units (Q1 2013) | Market share % (Q1 2013) | Units (Q1 2012) | Market share %(Q1 2012) |
| Samsung | 64,740.0 | 30.8 | 40,612.8 | 27.6 |
| Apple | 38,331.8 | 18.2 | 33,120.5 | 22.5 |
| LG Electronics | 10,080.4 | 4.8 | 4,961.4 | 3.4 |
| Huawei Technologies | 9,334.2 | 4.4 | 5,269.6 | 3.6 |
| ZTE | 7,883.3 | 3.8 | 4,518.9 | 3.1 |
| Others | 79,676.4 | 37.9 | 58,537.0 | 39.8 |
Those figures followed a 13 percent rise in sales by Samsung, a 16 percent increase by Apple, and a 24 percent fall by Nokia, compared with the same period last year.
So-called "smart feature phones" like those in Nokia's Asha range have limited smartphone capabilities such as Internet and email access and touch screens but are cheaper than the likes of Samsung's high-end Galaxy models or Apple's iPhone.
They are crucial to Nokia's future as it defends its leading market share in emerging economies such as India and Africa, while struggling to keep up in the smartphone race.
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