There's a new smartphone top dog in town, and it isn't Apple.
New data from research firm IDC confirms that Samsung's 29.1 percent global smartphone market share surpassed Apple's (24.2 percent) for the first time last quarter. Former global mobile device giant Nokia faded to 8.2 percent and Research In Motion continued its descent, at 6.7 percent. HTC (4.8 percent) rounded out the list amid a market that continues to notch torrid growth. All told, 144.9 smartphones shipped last quarter, up 42.5 percent over the year-ago quarter's 101.7 million.
Samsung dominates the planet, for now
