Samsung’s Q1 results show that it has now passed Nokia to become the world’s largest handset manufacturer according to a report in The Verge.

Apple, however, remains the most profitable handset manufacturer. Between then, Apple and Samsung make over half of the world’s smartphones.

At Digital Possibilities we see Samsung being clearly the leading Android vendor over the next 12 months. The only potential cloud on that horizon is what a combined Google-Motorola consolidated hardware-software combination could bring to market.

Increasingly at retail, we expect people will ask for Samsung phones rather than Android phones; with an increasing brand equity for the Korean manufacturer.

Hence