In the fourth quarter of 2014 were 367.5 million smartphones sold worldwide, says market researcher Gartner on Tuesday.
This is an increase of 29.9 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2013 and a record in the global total smartphoneverpkopen so far. In 2014, two-thirds of the phones sold was a smartphone.
Apple vs. Samsung
In the fourth quarter of 2014, according to Gartner, Apple sold 74.8 million smartphones. Samsung sold 73 million in the same period, for the first time since 2011, therefore the company is no longer in the first place for smartphone sales. Throughout 2014 Samsung have sold the most smartphones.
In the fourth quarter of 2013. Samsung sold 83.3 million smartphones yet according to Gartner, accounting for 29.5 percent market share. Apple sold in the same period was still 50.2 million iPhones with a market share of 17.8 percent. In the fourth quarter of 2014, Apple had a market share of 20.4 percent, 19.9 percent and Samsung.
According to market researcher one side of Samsung is threatened by Chinese smartphone makers that offer phones for low prices and on the other hand by Apple. IPhone 6 and 6 Plus with larger screens made in China and the US for an increase in demand of 56 and 88 percent, respectively.
Mobile operating systems
Android with a market share of 80 , 7 and more than one billion units sold is still by far the most popular mobile system in 2014. Compared to 2013, a growth of 2.2 percent
state with 191 million iOS devices sold in second place, with a market share of 15.4 percent. Windows Phone in 2014 had a market share of 2.8 percent, with 35.1 million units sold. Blackberry is in fourth place, fifth place is not specified by Gartner.
Top five
The top five best selling smartphone brand is completed after Apple and Samsung Lenovo, Huawei and Xiaomi all three Chinese brands. That sold in the fourth quarter of 2014, respectively 24.3, 21 and 18 million smartphones.
Throughout 2014 Samsung was 307.5 million smartphones sold still leader with a market share of 24.7 percent. Apple sold in 2014 according to Gartner 191.4 million smartphones, accounting for a market share of 15.4 percent.
Lenovo was with Motorola phones counted the third largest smartphone vendor, with 81.4 million units sold. Huawei and LG were numbers four and five, with 68 and 57.6 million smartphones sold.
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