Apple has now become the largest smartphone selling firm in the global smartphone market. The tech giant has reached this new height after it launched the new iPhone 12 line-up a few months back. This data is based on the smartphone sales study report released for the fourth quarter of 2020.
According to the report released by Market Tracker company Gartner, Apple sold 79.9 million units of iPhones in the fourth quarter of 2020. This is a 15% increase compared to the data at the corresponding period of 2019. Apple alone accounted for 20.8% of the global smartphone market share in the fourth quarter.
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Acquiring an immense number of sales records in the last quarter of 2020, the tech giant has also become the world’s largest smartphone selling brand. On the other hand, Apple’s tough competitor, the South-Korean tech giant Samsung has lost its pace this quarter.
Compared to the previous year’s fourth quarter, Samsung smartphones sales have declined by 5.4%. This time, the firm has been able to sell 62.1 million units of smartphones resting in second place. Samsung holds a smartphone market share of 16.2% for the 4th quarter of 2020.
Here is the list of Top 5-smartphone companies that accounts for the highest market share in the fourth quarter of 2020,
Top 5 Smartphone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 4Q-2020
|
Vendor |
4Q20 Sales |
4Q20 Market Share (%) |
4Q19 Sales |
4Q19 Market Share (%) |
4Q20-4Q19 Growth (%) |
|
79,942.7 |
20.8 |
69,550.6 |
17.1 |
14.9 |
|
|
62,117.0 |
16.2 |
70,404.4 |
17.3 |
-11.8 |
|
|
Xiaomi |
43,430.3 |
11.3 |
32,446.9 |
8.0 |
33.9 |
|
OPPO |
34,373.7 |
8.9 |
30,452.5 |
7.5 |
12.9 |
|
Huawei |
34,315.7 |
8.9 |
58,301.6 |
14.3 |
-41.1 |
|
Others |
130,442.8 |
33.9 |
145,482.1 |
35.8 |
-10.3 |
|
Total |
384,622.3 |
100.0 |
406,638.1 |
100.0 |
-5.4 |
(Data Source: Gartner)
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