Samsung regains the throne of smartphones from Apple
Samsung has succeeded in returning once again to the throne of the best-selling smartphone companies in the world, a position it maintained for many years before being displaced by Apple during the last quarter of 2023, according to the latest data from IDC, the leading company in analyzing global technology markets.
Apple's sales of iPhone phones decreased by 10 percent during the first quarter of the current year 2024, thanks to the intense competition with Android smartphone manufacturers, which announced new leading smartphones equipped with artificial intelligence features such as… Galaxy S24 Ultra From Samsung, which is equipped with many smart features that the company calls it Galaxy AI.
Global smartphone sales increased by 7.8 percent during the first quarter of 2024
According to data IDC
Global smartphone sales rose by 7.8 percent to 289.4 million phones during the period between January and March 2024, and while Samsung succeeded in regaining first place as the largest smartphone seller in the world by 20 percent, Apple’s sales fell to 17.3 percent, placing it in second place. While the Chinese company Xiaomi ranked third with a market share of 14.1% during the first quarter of 2024, after benefiting from Huawei’s decline due to the American sanctions imposed on it, Transun (which owns Tecno, Infinix, and iTel phones) came in fourth place, and Oppo (including… That OnePlus sales) ranked fifth.
Samsung shipped more than 60 million phones during the first quarter of 2024, driven by sales of its new leading smartphone series, the Galaxy S24, which reports said achieved 8% growth compared to the previous generation Galaxy S23, while Apple’s sales of iPhone phones declined to 50.1 million phones compared to the previous generation. With 55.4 million during the same period last year 2023.
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