Samsung fastest growing smartphone vendor

Samsung Electronics posted the highest growth rate in smartphone shipments among handset makers in the second quarter, driven by robust sales of its flagship Galaxy S devices in South Korea and other countries in the Asia Pacific region, the IDC said. 

The Korean company also unseated U.S. Motorola as the world’s No. 5 smartphone maker in the April to June period, according to the market research firm. 

Samsung, the world’s No. 2 handset manufacturer, is expected to continue to outperform the market in the third quarter with its rollout of Galaxy S in North America and other countries, but the handset vendor faces challenge from other Android-based phones such as HTC’s Evo 4G and Motorola’s Droid X, analysts say.