Samsung still the biggest smartphone manufacturer.

Posted by : Unknown Thursday, August 1, 2013

Samsung is the largest smartphone manufacturer on android Platform. It dominates mobile markets in mos parts of Asia,America and Africa. The company got a Smartphone for everyone, from high end, midrange to low end devices and that explains why most people prefer it.

According to IDC data, Samsung accounted to the largest smartphone manufacturer shipping 72.4 million units in the second quarter Q2 of 2013, up from 50.3 million units in the same period last year. Accounting for 30.4%of global market share while the distance second was Apple which shipped 31.2 million devices, accounting for 13.1% of global market share.

LG and Lenovo device shipment have increased year-over-year.LG shipped 12.1 million devices whilst Lenovo shipped 11.3 million devices ,each accounting for 5.1% and 4.7% respectively. ZTE increased shipments by 57.8%. This show that other companies are slowly gaining part of global market share.