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Global smartphone shipments topped 1 billion in 2013 |
January 28, 2014
If you had any doubts about the popularity of smartphones, new numbers suggest they’ve notched a significant milestone. The global smartphone market topped 1 billion shipments for the first time in 2013, covering about one-seventh of the world’s population, according to research by IDC.Smartphone shipments were up 38.4 percent in 2013 from 725 million units in the previous year, according to data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.In 2013, there were 1.82 billion mobile phones shipped, which includes smartphones, an increase of 4.8 percent from 1.73 billion in 2012.Samsung continued its dominance in 2013 with 31.3 percent market share in smartphones compared to Apple’s 15.3 percent. The top two vendors were followed by Huawei at 4.9 percent, LG at 4.8 percent, and Lenovo at 4.5 percent, according to IDC.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2091940/global-smartphone-shipments-topped-1-billion-in-2013.html#tk.rss_all
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