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Lenovo marks China Samsung superiority with 39% boost in worldwide smartphone sales

on Aug 14, 2014 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

PC manufacturer Lenovo Group has announced a 23 per cent rise in profit during the first quarter after seeing a massive 39 per cent boost in worldwide smartphone sales.

Net income for the firm jumped to £128m, in the three months ending June, up 23 per cent on the same period last year.

The Beijing-based firm, which spent £3bn alone on new acquisitions, last week displaced Samsung as the best-selling smartphone seller in China.

The firm’s PC business bucked trends seeing a 12 per cent increase in laptop sales despite a 3.7 per cent drop worldwide.

Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo, told the Wall Read full story ›

Source: The Drum