Samsung has remained a leader in the global smartphone market. This is stated in a new report by analyst research firm IDC.
According to IDC, in the fourth quarter 2015 the leading manufacturer of smartphones in the world was the South Korean company Samsung, which share for the year increased from 19.9% to 21.4%. In the last quarter it shipped a total of 85.6 million smartphones, which is 10.5 million more than for the same quarter in 2014. Following Samsung's share of 18.7% is located Apple company , whose sales of smartphones with the launch of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus increased, slightly. If the fourth quarter 2014 it sold 74.5 million iPhone, then in the last quarter - 74.8 million. Apple's share of the market declined by one percentage point from 19.7% to 18.7%.
Also in the top five included Chinese companies Huawei, Lenovo, and Xiaomi, to put in the last quarter of 32.4 million, 20.2 million and 18.2 million smartphones, respectively. Huawei won 8.1% of the global smartphone market, while Lenovo and Xiaomi owns 5.1% and 4.6% of the market. As for other manufacturers, they have put in over the last three months last year a total of 168.3 million smartphones.
Overall, at the end of the fourth quarter of 2015 in the world was sold 399.5 million smartphones, while during the same period of 2014 smartphone sales accounted for 377.8 million.
If we talk about 2015 as a whole, the situation is similar. The three leaders on the market in the last year included Samsung, Apple and Huawei, put in 12 months 324.8 million, 231.5 million and 106.6 million respectively. In total in 2015, smartphone sales accounted for more than 1.4 billion, 10% more than the year before. Related Products :
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