Apple tops UK phone market in Q3, Samsung lock second

as informed in According to market study company Counterpoint, Apple is the highest smartphone player in the UK. The stats shared with the company uncover the Cupertino based company had a market share of 34.4% in the country in Q3. Samsung followed closely with a 34% slice, while Chinese industrialist Huawei smartphone came in 3rd with 13% of the market. "Like we see in the US market, Apple & Samsung together control further than 2 thirds of the UK smartphone market in discounds volumes and further than 80% in discounds value," the report says. The Samsung Galaxy smartphone S8+ smartphone cell smartphone and S8+ followed with 9% and 6% share, respectively.

Apple & Samsung dominate UK phone Market in 3Q17 – Counterpoint Research

Commenting on the findings, Parv Sharma, study Associate at Counterpoint study said, "Apple continued to lead the phone market with just over 34% share in spite of discounds declining sequentially. Samsung was the 2nd largest brand, slightly behind Apple, with flat market share YoY. LIke we see in the US market, Apple & Samsung together control further than 2 thirds of the UK phone market in discounds volumes and further than 80% in discounds value."Exhibit 1: UK phone discounds Ranking and Market Share – Q3 2017Source: Counterpoint Research: Quarterly Market Pulse Q3 2017Commenting on premium phone market study Director, Peter Richardson, said, "The UK is 1 of the strongest markets for Apple globally and this is reflected in the premium segment's share of the market overall. Chinese vendors Huawei, Alcatel and Motorola capture the following position in the UK phone market. In the premium segment Apple led the phone market followed with Samsung.

Samsung can be availiable to unveil its 'foldable' smartphone

as declared in Samsung's project to develop a foldable phone - that can be called the Galaxy X - has been the subject of many on-line rumors. Production of the foldable model is likely to be limited and it is Guessed to launch in South Korea only at first. Samsung going to evidently be testing the water to evaluate the possibility of this kind of handset before rolling out globally at a later date. Samsung has been working on the idea of a foldable phone for several years, since the brand presented prototypes of bendable plastic screens at CES in 2011. Since then, Samsung has demoed flexible screens on several occasions, and this day masters bendable OLED tech perfectly.

collected by :John Smith