Samsung Electronics maintains lead in smartphone market, shows Gartner report
Samsung's market share reached 31.7 per cent in the April-June quarter, up from 29.7 per cent in the same period of 2012.
BT Online Bureau
- Aug 14, 2013,
- Updated Aug 14, 2013 3:02 PM IST
Research firm Gartner on Wednesday said smartphone sales overtook those of features phones for the first time in the second quarter of 2013 while Samsung Electronics maintained its lead over other companies in market share.Global sales of smartphones grew 46.5 per cent to reach 225 million units while that of feature phones declined 21 per cent to 210 million units across the world in the April-June quarter."Smartphones accounted for 51.8 per cent of mobile phone sales in the second quarter of 2013, resulting in smartphone sales surpassing feature phone sales for the first time," Gartner principal research analyst Anshul Gupta said in a statement.Gartner said Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Eastern Europe exhibited the highest smartphone growth rates of 74.1 per cent, 55.7 per cent and 31.6 per cent respectively, as smartphone sales grew in all regions.Samsung maintained the number 1 position in the global smartphone market, with its market share reaching 31.7 per cent, up from 29.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2012. The company sold 71.38 million smartphone units in the reported quarter.Apple, which sold 31.89 million units during the same period, saw its market share decline to 14.2 per cent from 18.8 per cent last year.LG Electronics sold about 11.47 million units while Lenovo's sales stood at 10.67 million units during the second quarter of 2013. Their respective market share stood at 5.1 per cent and 4.7 per cent.Gartner also said worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 435 million units in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 3.6 per cent from the same period last year.Samsung retained the number 1 position in the overall mobile phone market too, with sales to end users growing 19 per cent in the second quarter of 2013.The Korean company sold around 107.52 million units across the world and has a market share of 24.7 per cent during Q2 of 2013. It is followed by Nokia, which sold 60.95 million units and has a market share of 14 per cent. Apple and LG has 7.3 per cent and 3.9 per cent market share respectively during the period."With second quarter of 2013 sales broadly on track, we see little need to adjust our expectations for worldwide mobile phone sales forecast to total 1.82 billion units this year", Gupta said.In the smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android continued to increase its lead, garnering 79 per cent of the market in the second quarter.Microsoft overtook BlackBerry for the first time in this segment, taking the number 3 spot with 3.3 per cent market share in the reported period, Gartner said."While Microsoft has managed to increase share and volume in the quarter, Microsoft should continue to focus on growing interest from app developers to help grow its appeal among users," Gupta said.With inputs from PTI
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Research firm Gartner on Wednesday said smartphone sales overtook those of features phones for the first time in the second quarter of 2013 while Samsung Electronics maintained its lead over other companies in market share.Global sales of smartphones grew 46.5 per cent to reach 225 million units while that of feature phones declined 21 per cent to 210 million units across the world in the April-June quarter."Smartphones accounted for 51.8 per cent of mobile phone sales in the second quarter of 2013, resulting in smartphone sales surpassing feature phone sales for the first time," Gartner principal research analyst Anshul Gupta said in a statement.Gartner said Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Eastern Europe exhibited the highest smartphone growth rates of 74.1 per cent, 55.7 per cent and 31.6 per cent respectively, as smartphone sales grew in all regions.Samsung maintained the number 1 position in the global smartphone market, with its market share reaching 31.7 per cent, up from 29.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2012. The company sold 71.38 million smartphone units in the reported quarter.Apple, which sold 31.89 million units during the same period, saw its market share decline to 14.2 per cent from 18.8 per cent last year.LG Electronics sold about 11.47 million units while Lenovo's sales stood at 10.67 million units during the second quarter of 2013. Their respective market share stood at 5.1 per cent and 4.7 per cent.Gartner also said worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 435 million units in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 3.6 per cent from the same period last year.Samsung retained the number 1 position in the overall mobile phone market too, with sales to end users growing 19 per cent in the second quarter of 2013.The Korean company sold around 107.52 million units across the world and has a market share of 24.7 per cent during Q2 of 2013. It is followed by Nokia, which sold 60.95 million units and has a market share of 14 per cent. Apple and LG has 7.3 per cent and 3.9 per cent market share respectively during the period."With second quarter of 2013 sales broadly on track, we see little need to adjust our expectations for worldwide mobile phone sales forecast to total 1.82 billion units this year", Gupta said.In the smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android continued to increase its lead, garnering 79 per cent of the market in the second quarter.Microsoft overtook BlackBerry for the first time in this segment, taking the number 3 spot with 3.3 per cent market share in the reported period, Gartner said."While Microsoft has managed to increase share and volume in the quarter, Microsoft should continue to focus on growing interest from app developers to help grow its appeal among users," Gupta said.With inputs from PTI
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