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Smartphone shipments top one billion ‘milestone’

By Jan 28, 2014June 23rd, 2014One Comment

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According to market research firm IDC, 1.004 billion smartphones were shipped last year, marking a 38.4% increase from the previous year.

South Korea’s Samsung accounted for the bulk of that figure, followed by Apple and China’s Huawei.

Smartphones made up more than half of the 1.8 billion mobile phones sold.

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Among the top trends driving smartphone growth are large screen devices and low cost”

Ryan Reith
Program Director, IDC
IDC said this was the first time more than one billion smartphone units were shipped in a single year.

“Among the top trends driving smartphone growth are large screen devices and low cost,” said Ryan Reith, program director with IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

“Of the two, I have to say that low cost is the key difference-maker.”

“Cheap devices are not the attractive segment that normally grabs headlines, but IDC data shows this is the portion of the market that is driving volume,” he said.

“Markets like China and India are quickly moving toward a point where sub-$150 smartphones are the majority of shipments, bringing a solid computing experience to the hands of many.”

 

Smartphone Global Market Share

Ranking Vendor Sales
SOURCE: IDC WORLDWIDE MOBILE PHONE TRACKER
1. Samsung 31.3%
2. Apple 15.3%
3. Huawei 4.9%
4. LG 4.8%
5. Lenovo 4.5%

South Korea’s Samsung extended its market dominance with 42.9% growth, the IDC survey said.

Apple, however, saw its market share decline, posting slower growth than the overall market with 12.9% growth.

A separate survey released by Strategy Analytics posted slightly differing figures.

It said there were 990 million smartphones shipped last year, from an overall figure of 1.7 billion mobile phones.

 

Posted by : Ghulam Nabi

 

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Ghulam Nabi

میں اور میرا قلم۔ اپنے ارد گرد یا معاشرے میں جاری جبر یا زیادتیوں یا تاریخ کے خوبصورت، عبرت ناک اور سبق اموز واقعات کو قلم بند کر کے اسے باقی دنیا تک پہنچانا بیشک میں اسے ایک قسم کا جہاد سمجھتا ہوں یہ جہاد جس سے ہمارے موجودہ اور آنے والی نسلیں کافی حد تک محفوظ اور خوشحال رہ سکتے ہیں۔ بندہ مزدور اور غیور لوگوں کی آوازیں دنیا تک پہنچانا ایک سخت مگر پر افتخار عمل ہے جس کے لئے ہر دور میں مزدوروں اور دلیر انسانوں نے مشکالات کا مقاملہ کیا۔ مختصراً یہ کہہ میں عہد کیا ہے خود سے کہ قلم میرا چلتا رہے گا۔۔۔ غلام نبی کریمی

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