Investor’s Business Daily – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL – News) and Samsung in Q2 ended Nokia’s 15-year reign at or near top of smartphone sales rankings. Apple sold 20.3 mil iPhones in the quarter. Analysts estimate Samsung sold 19 mil Google (NASDAQ:GOOG – News) Android-based smartphones vs. Nokia’s 16.7 mil. IDC said smartphone sales slowed but still rose 11.3% to 365.4 mil units. Overall cell phone sales dropped for the 1st time in 7 quarters. Nokia shares rose 1.6%. Apple fell 0.3%.