We all used to see Apple at the top of all the companies and that’s not a new thing we hear about Apple, because last week Apple reported to us that it sold 37 million iPhones in the last three months making number one smartphone manufacturer, but today we have got a new research from the folks at IDC which claims that Apple now is the third largest Smartphone manufacturer in the world.

The new research from IDC says that with the release of iPhone 4S it pushed Apple towards and make it more popular and right now Apple takes the third place in Smartphone manufacturer while the first one is Nokia and the second place is Samsung.

Although it doesn’t look like Apple will be climbing the chart any further anytime soon — Samsung and Nokia have a fairly hefty lead — it’s pretty impressive that the “computer company” managed to become the third largest mobile phone manufacturer in a matter of 5 years.

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