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Justin Herrick
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The final quarter of 2013 was very good for Samsung. According to Strategy Analytics, Samsung’s market share grew to more than 29.6%, compared to 29.0% for the same quarter in 2012. In looking at the entire year, Samsung’s share increased to 32.4%, up from 30.4%. Apple’s market share, however, fell in both the final quarter and overall in 2013. Huawei pulled into third and LG sits in fourth. These numbers should be interesting to see in a few months as both Samsung and Apple are slated to announce their latest flagship devices within the next few months.
It is great to see Lenovo joining the mix (in fifth). Hopefully they finally make their way to the United States this year. After all, I don’t think an HTC acquisition is happening just yet; therefore, Lenovo needs to think about doing it on their own.
Hit the break for smartphone shipment numbers.
To finish off 2013, Samsung sold 86 million smartphones. This capped off 2013 with almost 320 million smartphones shipped. Just like the aforementioned graphic, Huawei and LG followed Apple by coming in third and fourth, respectively. Being that Apple only sells two smartphones, it is impressive that they managed to ship more than 153 million of them. As I mentioned before, it is interesting that Lenovo is experiencing so much growth while remaining absent in the United States. Should they enter the United States this year, could they move up to fourth and perhaps even third next year? Anything seems possible since they sit right behind LG.
What are your predictions for 2014?
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