Apple wins Samsung to lead phone market in Q4; Huawei, Xiaomi follow: IDC

according to It is to be noted which the final quarter of 2017 locked the year without adding much volatility to the worldwide Intelligent smartphone market the time compared to the further volatile 2016. Apple finished the year as the 2nd highest Selection shipping around 215.8 mn units, a slight raise from 215.4 mn in 2016. On the other hand, South Korean tech giant Samsung once repetition topped the charts in the worldwide smartphone market for 2017 in spite of losing out to Apple in the Q4. Reports roughly proposed the stats: the firm shipped around 74.1 mn units in Q4 in the year 2017, a steep downfall of 4.4 % compared to the 77.5 mn units from final year. The firm managed to ship 41.0 mn units, a downturn of 9.7 % from the 45.4 mn shipped in the Q4 of 2016.

IDC Q4 2017 stats review Apple passing Samsung in worldwide phone market

IDC starts off with noting "a slower than Guessed 2017 holiday quarter locked out the year bringing minimal change to the worldwide phone market the time compared to 2016." For the complete year, IDC's preliminary information shows which the "worldwide phone market saw a total of 1.472 bn units shipped, declining less than 1% from the 1.473 bn units shipped in 2016. Apple finished 2nd for the complete year in 2017 shipping 215.8 mn units, up 0.2% from the 215.4 mn units shipped in 2016." Samsung"Samsung remembered the overall leader in the worldwide phone market for 2017 in spite of losing out to Apple in the 4th quarter. The Korean giant shipped 74.1 mn units in 4Q17, drop 4.4% compared to the 77.5 mn units from final year.

[Graphic News] Apple overtakes Samsung in universal phone dominance

referring to WORLDUS tech giant Apple shipped 77.3 mn smartphones worldwide in the 4th quarter of 2017, an industry tracker said, overtaking Samsung Electronics in the universal market.Apple captured premier place with 19.3 % universal market share, nudging Samsung into 2nd place, Strategy Analytics told in a report.The industry tracker told there was robust request for the iPhone X, though universal iPhone volumes have been on the decline on an annual Fundamental for 5 of the past 8 quarters.Samsung Electronics dipped four % annually and shipped 74.4 mn smartphones for 18.6 % market share worldwide in the 4th quarter of 2017, up slightly from 18 % market share a year ago.Chinese tech giant Huawei phone maintained the 3rd position with 10.2 % universal phone market share in the 4th quarter.

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