Global smartphone sales spike as Samsung, Apple lose ground
Mobile Phones /Global smartphone sales spike as Samsung, Apple lose groundChina's smartphone makers are slowly eating into Samsung and Apple's global market share, this according to a new report by Gartner.Globally, smartphone sales increased by 5.4% year-on-year, with 373.2-million devices sold.Leading this charge was Huawei, Oppo and BBK (the company that owns the likes of Oppo, OnePlus and Vivo).
Chinese smartphone sales vs Apple and Samsung: CHART
For the past five years, the smartphone market has been dominated by two names: Samsung, and Apple.It's hard to overstate just how popular the Galaxy and iPhone products have been.Today, those two remain at the top.
China leads smartphone sales across globe; Samsung, Apple witness decline
A surge of 5.4% in overall sale of smartphones across the world in the third quarter resulted in total sale of 373 million smartphones to end users.Photo: AFPNew Delhi: Sales of Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones dipped by 14.2% year-on-year globally in the third quarter of 2016, the company's worst performance ever, while Apple Inc. recorded its lowest market share since the first quarter of 2009, according to a Gartner Inc. report released on Thursday.The two companies, however, retained the top two positions in the global top-five list.
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