With roughly 700 million Smartphones sold (1/2 of the overall market was dominated by Samsung & Apple – in that order globally last year)… the market is indeed slowing down.
Potentially the biggest caveat in all of this is simply: what next? In other words, where do the market leaders go from here? Will 2013 see RIM largely fade away? And, can the Win-kia alliance begin to gain significant traction against their behemoth competition?
(Source) CNET: http://goo.gl/0lHqQ