Samsung and Apple, maintained their positions in global smartphone market, with market shares of 34 percent and 15 percent respectively. Huawei, Lenovo and LG completed the top five. Canalys says over a quarter of a billion smart phones shipped worldwide in Q3 2013 as the market grew 44 percent year-on-year. Samsung was the leading vendor across all regions except North America, where Apple held the top spot. These two vendors account for almost 70 percent of the market there. LG held onto third place in North America, while Nokia has moved from eighth to fourth place after making gains from its competitors with its new flagship products, the Lumia 1020 and 925. Smartphone market in Greater China (China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) grew 64 percent to nearly 100 million units shipping. Greater China accounts for 39 percent of the global market. In Greater China, local vendors Lenovo, Yulong and Huawei followed Samsung.