A total of 968 million smartphones were sold to end users around the world last year, amounting to 53.6 percent of overall mobile phone sales last year, the US-based technology consultancy said.

Smartphone sales increased significantly from 2012, rising 42.3 percent last year, Gartner said. They were especially strong in the final quarter of last year, when the number of devices sold grew 36 percent year-on-year and accounted for 57.6 percent of overall mobile phone sales — up from 44 percent in the last quarter of 2012 — it added.

sales increase to the growth seen in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Conversely, mobile phone sales in developed regions fell due to weaker demand there.

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