"Business Wire" declare : Worldwide Smartphone Market Gains Steam in the First Quarter of 2017 with Shipments up 4.3%, According to IDC

smartphone Company HighlightsSamsung regained control as the leader in the worldwide smartphone market despite a flat first quarter (0% year-over-year growth). Worldwide smartphone shipments grew 4.3% in 1Q17, which was slightly higher than IDC's previous forecast of 3.6% growth. The clear leaders are Huawei, OPPO, and vivo, which have all well outpaced market growth for over a year now. Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Worldwide Shipments, Market Share, and Year-Over-Year Growth, Q1 2017 Preliminary Data (Shipments in Millions) Vendor 1Q17ShipmentVolume 1Q17 MarketShare 1Q16ShipmentVolume 1Q16 MarketShare Year-Over-Year Change 1. With more than 1,100 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries.


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IDC: Global Smartphone Market Gains Steam

Worldwide smartphone shipments grew 4.3% in 1Q17, which was slightly higher than IDC's previous forecast of 3.6% growth. "The first quarter smartphone results further prove that the smartphone industry is not dead and that growth still exists," said Ryan Reith, program vice president with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Device Trackers. However, we believe the industry will show some rebound in 2017, and the strong first quarter results certainly support this argument. According to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, phone companies shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of 2017. "There is no question that 2016 was a pivotal year for the industry as growth dipped to low single digits for the first time.




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