For the majority of electronics manufacturers the fourth quarter is the most profitable. Smartphones and tablets can surely compete for the title of most desired gift for a holiday.
The data used to compile the statistics of interest. For example, it is clear that consumers have become much more interested in smartphones bulky: this Christmas, they accounted for 27% of the total number of activations. Tellingly, in 2013 this figure was only 4%. At the same time every other device on Android was a big smartphone, while only 12% iOS-devices were giant iPhone versions .
Apple, though a bit passed the position, has a strong lead in the number of activations with a share of 49.1%. In second place is Samsung (19.8%), Nokia, oddly enough, is held on the third place (2%), close the top five LG (1.7%) and Xiaomi (1.5%).