Apple has overtaken Samsung in phone shipments in Europe, according to the analyst firm Canalys. The iPhone maker tends to do well in the fourth quarter each year but this is the first time it leads.
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Apple iPhone is leading the smartphone market by capturing 50% of the total revenue share, as per Counterpoint Research. The growth comes despite a decline in global smartphone shipments.
The analyst company Canalys has revealed that smartphone shipments were up year-over-year in the final quarter of 2023. It said that this stabilization could represent the start of a recovery.
The iPhone 14 was the best-selling OLED smartphone in the second quarter, surpassing the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. The two-year-old iPhone 13 also took second place in OLED phone shipments.
Canalys says that the smartphone market is finally showing signs of an early recovery. Shipments have declined every quarter starting in the first quarter of 2022 but now there are recovery signs.
Apple has grabbed the highest revenue share in the smartphone market for Q1 2023. Counterpoint suggests Apple has managed to outperform due to the stickiness of its ecosystem among various factors.
Smartphone shipments globally have declined 14.6% in the first quarter year-over-year. IDC said inventory is still pretty full but good work is being done to help sell these devices to customers.
The analyst firm IDC has revised its estimates of global smartphone shipment growth this year from +2.8% to -1.1%. A recovery will now not take place until 2024. It also expects prices to fall.
Global smartphone shipments have shrunk in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to marketing intelligence firm IDC. The total smartphone shipment in 2022 is also the lowest since 2013.
The analyst firm, Gartner, has reported that 3Q20 saw a decline in smartphone sales compared to 3Q19. It said that the next quarter looks better but sales will still be hampered due to COVID-19.
IDC has predicted that smartphones will grow year-over-year in 4Q20 after the market performed stronger than expected during 3Q20. The sales will be largely driven by consumer interest in 5G.
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A new research suggests that Samsung is set to retain the highest percentage share (21%) of the smartphone market, followed by Apple. It adds that Huawei is expected to see a sharp decline in 2021.
Gartner says that smartphone shipments fell by 20% YoY in Q2 2020, with Samsung seeing the biggest decline (27%), resulting in a tie with Huawei for first place. Apple, however, sold 0.4% fewer units.
Google's premier phone hardware has doubled its sales over the previous year. Over 3.9 million Pixel devices were sold in 2017. In comparison, Apple sold more than 77 million units in the same period.
Apple surpassed Samsung to become the top smartphone vendor in Q4 2017 despite its 1% decrease in shipments. The top five vendors made gains while other smartphone vendors lost out.
Growth in the smartphone sector reached its peak in China last year, with vendors refocusing efforts in countries like India, as revealed in the latest report from analyst firm Canalys.
