Sold in the first quarter 2016 81,186 million smartphones, the South Korean company Samsung now owns 23 percent share of the global mobile market.
According to Gartner, the first three months 2016 Samsung smartphone sales increased by 7.9%. But iPhone sales, by contrast, fell by 14.8% to 51.62 million units in the first quarter, in connection with what Apple's share fell to 14.8% in the world market against 17.9% in the first quarter last year. Samsung and Apple on the results of the quarter occupy first and second places respectively. And the third, fourth and fifth places went to Chinese companies Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi. Moreover, Oppo smartphone sales increased by 145% in three months, which allowed it to take market share from the Lenovo companies, which in the first quarter recorded a 33-percent reduction in sales and was not included even in the top ten leading smartphones manufacturers .
In total, according to Gartner, in the first quarter 2016 was sold 349.3 million smartphones, which is 3.9% more compared to the same period last year. when smartphone sales totaled 336.3 million copies.
If we consider the global smartphone market in terms of operating systems, there is already the undisputed leader of that quarter is Android. Google Mobile operating system takes up 84% of the market. Related Products :
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