Last year, the US technology company “Apple” overtook the South Korean electronics company “Samsung Electronics Co.” for the first time in history. and has become the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, according to market research company “International Data Corp.” Information compiled by (IDC).
Apple shipped 234.6 million smartphones last year, compared to Samsung’s 226.6 million.
Thus, “Apple’s” smartphone market share was 20.1%, and “Samsung’s” – 19.4%.
IDC states that “Samsung” was not at the top of this list for the last time 13 years ago – in 2010, when “Apple” was not even among the five largest smartphone manufacturers in the world. At that time, the first place was occupied by “Nokia”, “Samsung” was in the second place, and “LG Electronics” was in the third place.
Although IDC says its data for last year is preliminary and could be adjusted, market research company Canalys also recognized Apple as the world’s largest smartphone maker ahead of Samsung.
In addition, “Apple” is the only one among the three largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, which showed an increase in sales volume last year – by 3.7%. The sales volume of “Samsung” decreased by 13.6%, while the sales volume of the third-placed Chinese “Xiaomi” decreased by 4.7%.
IDC’s preliminary data also show that a total of 1.17 billion smartphones were shipped worldwide last year, which is 3.2% less than a year earlier.
2024-01-17 20:14:37
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