Apple Overtakes Samsung as Top Global Smartphone Shipments 📱

Apple Surpasses Samsung , in Global Smartphone Shipments.
According to IDC's Worldwide
Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, .
Apple topped Samsung for the most smartphones shipped around the world in 2023.
Apple had 234.6 million mobile shipments, while Samsung had 226.6 million.
Apple had 234.6 million mobile shipments, while Samsung had 226.6 million.
It's the first time that Apple has ever shipped
more phones than Samsung, The Verge reports. .
Rounding out the top five were Xiaomi, Oppo and Transsion with 145.9 million, 103.1 million and
94.9 million global shipments, respectively. .
Rounding out the top five were Xiaomi, Oppo and Transsion with 145.9 million, 103.1 million and
94.9 million global shipments, respectively. .
Rounding out the top five were Xiaomi, Oppo and Transsion with 145.9 million, 103.1 million and
94.9 million global shipments, respectively. .
Not only is Apple the only player in the Top 3 to show positive growth annually, but also bags the number 1 spot annually for the first time ever, IDC’s Worldwide Tracker team research
director Nabila Popal, via The Verge.
Apple’s ongoing success and resilience
is in large part due to the increasing
trend of premium devices, which
now represent over 20% of the market,
fueled by aggressive trade-in offers
and interest-free financing plans, IDC’s Worldwide Tracker team research
director Nabila Popal, via The Verge.
The last time that Samsung was knocked from the top spot was in 2010 when Nokia reigned supreme. .
The last time that Samsung was knocked from the top spot was in 2010 when Nokia reigned supreme. .
That year, LG Electronics, ZTE and Research in Motion came in third, fourth and fifth, respectively. .
That year, LG Electronics, ZTE and Research in Motion came in third, fourth and fifth, respectively. .
That year, LG Electronics, ZTE and Research in Motion came in third, fourth and fifth, respectively.