By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 09:43 EST, 27 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:44 EST, 27 April 2012 Samsung posted net profits of 5.04 trillion won - $4.44 billion - US dollars for the first quarter of 2012, up 81.3 percent from 2.78 trillion won a year earlier Samsung sold 20,000 of its Galaxy handsets every hour during the months from January to Match - outselling Apple's iPhone by 44.5 million to 35.1 million. One in four phones sold is now a Samsung - putting the electronics giant ahead of Nokia for the first  time. The sales catapulted the Korean giant to a record $5.2 billion quarterly profit.
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Samsung sells 44.5 million smartphones - Apple sells 35.1 million iPhones
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Analyst warns Apple will continue to rise for two years, then will 'decelerate' without Jobs
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Samsung overtakes Nokia as world's largest mobile company after 14 years
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From January to March, one in four phones sold on Earth was  a Samsung
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