Samsung is still leader in sales of smartphones. Huawei breaks it down, however, on the shoulder in this category – Gazeta.pl

The research firm IDC summed up the sales of smartphones for the past year. They sold them more – 1.43 billion a year earlier, this result was 1.3 billion. The last quarter of last year was also better for the producers – it sold 399.5 million devices. In 2014 it was 377.8 million.)

Results for the fourth quarter 2015

​​ Fig. IDC

King of the statement is Samsung again. The Korean giant has sold in the last quarter of 85.6 million smartphones, gained market share at 21.4%, an increase of 14%. In second place ranking was selling Apple – iPhones bought 74.8 million consumers, which gives a 19.7% market share. This time, however, growth is paltry – is only 0.4%.

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Of particular note is Huawei. The Chinese company sold 32.4 million units, which translated into a 8.1% market share. The most important is the scale of growth, which for the fourth quarter amounted to 37% year on year. In this category Huawei Samsung breaks on the blades.

Results for the full year

Fig. IDC

Achievements Lenovo are even better when you compare annual results. Here, the company recorded 43% growth (106.6 million devices sold). Apple’s score is better than quarterly – an increase of 20% (231.5 million smartphones sprzedaych). Samsung is once again ranked first, because I sold 324,8mln smarfonów, but this result is just 2.1% higher than last year.

If we consider how much grew up other Asian manufacturers – Lenovo 24 ,%, Xiaomi 22.8% – a reasonable question becomes when Samsung will lose the title of king of smartphones? The greatest chance to pick it up he is Apple, the company did not have the best forecasts for the coming quarters. The analysis but it is clear that smaller manufacturers are doing better, though not all. Compared missing much more counting on the market HTC, whose shares are now estimated at 2-3%. LG, with a share of approx. 5%, the results fail to impress.

What will bring the following years? Weakening Samsung and dynamic growth in popularity of Huawei ? Everything is possible.

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