Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had a negative impact not only on the reputation and financial position of the South Korean company, but also on the Samsung behaves on the global mobile market.
Samsung which year in a row continues to lead the global smartphone market. At the end of the third quarter of 2016, again took first place, despite the fact that its share for the year fell from 23.6% to 19.2%. In the period from July to September 2016 Samsung sold 71.7 million smartphones, which is 11.8 million less than the same period last year. Samsung smartphone sales declined by 14.2%, the worst figure of all time. Prior to this, Samsung smartphone sales slipped only strongly in the fourth quarter 2014 - by 12.3%.
If in the third quarter 2015. iPhone smart phones occupy 13% of the market, now they own only 11.5% of the market. But the proportion of Huawei, by contrast, has grown. In the last quarter Huawei smart phones sold over 32.4 million copies, which allowed Chinese companies to take third place with a share of 8.7%. A year ago, we recall, Huawei's controlled 7.7% of the market.
Also in the top five leaders entered the company Oppo and BBK Communication Equipment, which occupy 6.7% and 5.3% market share respectively. In the past quarter Oppo smartphones shipped 24.9 million against 11.9 million in the third quarter of 2015. And sales of smartphones manufactured by BBK is, for the year increased from 10.4 million to 19.9 million.
According to Gartner, total third-quarter sales of smart phones reached 373.3 million copies against 354.2 million in the third quarter of last year. Related Products :
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