The smartphone industry has been steadily developing and growing since then, both in market size, as well as in models and suppliers. Smartphone shipments worldwide are projected to add up to around 1.48 billion units in 2023. By the end of 2020, 44.9 percent of the world’s population is projected to own a smartphone.
In the first quarter of 2020, Samsung was the leading smartphone vendor in the world based on shipments, with over 58.3 million units shipped globally. Overall Samsung held a 18.8 percent share of the smartphone market in the fourth quuarter of 2019. The company’s influence in the market peaked in the third quarter of 2013 when it was responsible for 32.5 percent of all smartphone shipments, shipping a total of 85 million units.
Until the first quarter of 2011, Nokia was the leading smartphone vendor worldwide with a 24 percent market share. Today, however, Samsung is clearly leading the pack, with about a fifth of global shipments. Apple is the second largest vendor of smartphones worldwide. In the first quarter of 2020, Samsung was the leading smartphone vendor in the world based on shipments, with over 58.3 million units shipped globally. Overall Samsung held a 18.8 percent share of the smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2019. The company’s influence in the market peaked in the third quarter of 2013 when it was responsible for 32.5 percent of all smartphone shipments, shipping a total of 85 million units.
In 2016 alone, Apple sold more than 210 million iPhones worldwide. Other prominent smartphone vendors include Huawei, Lenovo and Xiaomi. When it comes to smartphone operating systems, Android took over as a clear market leader as of the fourth quarter of 2010, and has only further increased its lead since.
