Now Apple Samsung as the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturers. The company sold more units during julkvartalet than any other brand thanks to growth in China.
Apple now has another reason to celebrate. When the analyst firm Gartner compiles mobile phone sales for the quarter, with the important holiday shopping season goes Cupertino company Samsung as the world’s largest mobile manufacturer, reports The Guardian.
According to Gartner, Apple sold 74.8 million smartphones, slightly above Samsung sold 73 million phones. Apple’s sales grew by almost 25 million compared to the same period last year, thanks to the great demand that exists in China.
Samsung sold nearly 10 million fewer phones than during Christmas 2013, demand flagship phone the Galaxy S5 never really took off and the company faces intense competition in the market when it comes to cheaper models from brands such as Xiaomi, Lenovo and Huawei. To reverse this trend, the company launches two new models in Barcelona and say they worked on getting right on the balance between design and technical features.
Overall, the market is growing still and sale of smart phones increased during 2014. A total of 1.2 billion units sold to end consumers last year, an increase of 28 percent compared with 2013. Two-thirds of all mobiles sold is now a smartphone.
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