According to preliminary data from International Data Corporation (IDC), Apple became the leader among the largest smartphone manufacturers at the end of last year, ahead of South Korea’s Samsung. Apple sold 234.6 million smartphones in 2023, which is a 3.7% increase compared to the previous year and took 20.1% of the market share. RIA News.
The company shipped 80.5 million units in the fourth quarter, an increase of 11.6% compared to the same period in 2022.
Samsung ranked second on the list by selling 226.6 million smartphones last year, down 13.6% compared to the previous year. The manufacturer’s market share was 19.4%. IDC states that Samsung has not been at the top of the list since 2010.
The third place was taken by Chinese Xiaomi with a shipment volume of 145.9 million units last year. Shipments fell 4.7%, but in the fourth quarter the figure rose 22.7% year over year to 40.7 million.
Chinese companies OPPO and Transsion also ranked fourth and fifth with shipment volumes of 103.1 million and 94.9 million, respectively.
Total global smartphone shipments fell 3.2% to 1.17 billion units last year, but the figure rose 8.5% to 326.1 million in the fourth quarter.
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