In the last quarter of last year 2016, he was Apple the clear winner, at least in terms of world market share. At the time, the apple company dominated mainly thanks to a 17,8 percent share, while Samsung had "only" 17,7% in the same period. Apple sold 78,3 million units of iPhones, beating rival Samsung, which sold only 77,5 million units of phones.
While Apple's smartphone sales rose 4,7 percent year-on-year, South Korea's Samsung fared slightly better. He was able to increase deliveries to a full 5 percent. In all of 2016, Samsung's share was 20,8%. He was immediately behind him Apple with a share of 14,5%, the third place with a market share of 9,3% was occupied by Huawei.
In the full and long 12 months, a whopping 1,5 billion handsets were sold worldwide, up 3% from 2015. Analyst group Strategy Analytics said the biggest demand for new smartphones was recorded in China.
