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Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson were chasing the middle of the market where the high volumes and high subsidies from the mobile phone operators were.

诺基亚、摩托罗拉和索尼爱立信一直在中端市场互相竞争，这也是手机运营商最为看重、补贴最高的一块。

The slew of touchscreen phones that have hit the shops have helped the smartphone market outperform the rest of the mobile phone industry, where sales have been in decline.

大量在市场畅销的触屏手机帮助智能手机市场的表现压过其他手机产业，后者的销售额正在下降。

Global smartphone sales grew 56.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year, and now account for nearly one-fifth of the broader mobile phone market, according to research firm IDC.

根据研究公司IDC的数据，全球智能手机销售在今年第一季度增长56.7%，如今占整个移动手机市场近五分之一。