Samsung will displace Nokia as the king of smart phones. for the first time since 1996

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will become the largest smart phone maker in the world at this second quarter. That is, for the first time since 1996, Samsung will displace Nokia as the king of smart phones.

In the next quarter, Apple Inc. predicted turn would shift the position of Nokia. That means Nokia getting worse and will occupy the third position as the world's smart phone manufacturers.

"In 1996, Communicator and Nokia launched the smart phone market continues to lead. After about 14 years on, Nokia will lose that position," said Nomura analyst.

Nokia smart phones in the market began to offset the onslaught of the difficulty of Apple's iPhone and Google Android devices inc. In the lower-class phones, Nokia also began to compete with phones made ​​in Asia.

Even so, overall, Nokia is still producing more phones than Samsung. That's thanks to his position as a specialist maker of mobile phones and has a worldwide distribution network.