Pro Apple the last quarter was bad, that a long-standing "tradition" was broken and more Samsung phones were sold during the Christmas season. The South Korean company's mobile devices have been selling better than in the first three quarters for many years iPhone, Of Apple always sold more phones in the last part of the year. Until now. Both companies experienced a drop in sales over the Christmas period, but according to analysts at IDC, he was on the mend Apple even worse than Samsung.
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During the last quarter of 2018, 68,4 million iPhones were sold, which is 11,5% less than in the same period of 2017. Samsung's sales during the last quarter decreased by 5,5% compared to the previous year to 70,4 million units. At least Apple managed to beat Huawei in the number of units sold. But even this company already Apple overtook in the previous quarter.
Apple will have to try hard in 2019. Due to the ongoing dispute with Qualcomm, it will have to purchase 5G modules from Intel, which will not have them ready until 2020. Samsung and other manufacturers will thus have their 5G smartphones available much earlier.
