South Korean technology conglomerate, Samsung has reportedly topped 2013 second quarter results of the global smartphone market share by shipping more devices than the top four rivals combined.
Market watch dog, International Data Corporation (IDC) reported that Samsung shipped a remarkable 72.4 million smartphones in the second quarter (April-June), twice the second placed rival, Apple iPhone which sold around 31.2 million units.
Samsung's South Korean counterpart, LG made it to the third position with 12.1 million shipments and Chinese manufacturers, Lenovo and ZTE are at top four and five with 11.3 million and 10.1 million unit shipments respectively.
IDC noted that the global smartphone vendors registered a mammoth 237.9 million units shipments in 2013 Q2 as compared to 156.2 million units in 2012, up 52.3 percent growth from last year, which is highest annual growth rate in last five quarters.
In all mobile phone market (both smartphones and feature phones) too, Samsung tops the charts, taking a huge elad over its competitors in the second quarter. The South Korean company holds a global market share of 26.2 percent with an estimated device shipments close to 113.4 million units, whereas former leader Nokia came second with a market share 14.1-percent, recording negative growth of -27.0 percent as compared to last year's second quarter. It shipped 61.1 million units in Q2, 2013, down 22.6 million unit sales from 83.7 million units in Q2, 2012.
Samsung's arch rival Apple is placed a distant third position with a market share of 7.2 percent. LG and ZTE finished among the top with market share of 3.7 percent and 3.5 percent respectively.
Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Q2, 2013:
| Vendors | 2Q, 2013(Unit Shipments) | 2Q, 2013(Market Share) | 2Q, 2012(Unit Shipments) | 2Q, 2013(Market Share) | Year-over-year change |
| Samsung | 72.4 | 30.4% | 50.3 | 32.2% | 43.9% |
| Apple | 31.2 | 13.1% | 26.0 | 16.6% | 20.0% |
| LG | 12.1 | 5.1% | 5.8 | 3.7% | 108.6% |
| Lenovo | 11.3 | 4.7% | 4.9 | 3.1% | 130.6% |
| ZTE | 10.1 | 4.2% | 6.4 | 4.1% | 57.8% |
| Others | 100.8 | 42.4% | 62.8 | 40.2% | 60.5% |
| Total | 237.9 | 100.0% | 156.2 | 100.0% | 52.3% |
(*Units in Millions)
Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors (includes smartphones and feature-handsets), Q2, 2013:
| Vendors | 2Q, 2013(Unit Shipments) | 2Q, 2013(Market Share) | 2Q, 2012(Unit Shipments) | 2Q, 2013(Market Share) | Year-over-year change |
| Samsung | 113.4 | 26.2% | 97.5 | 23.9% | 16.3% |
| Nokia | 61.1 | 14.1% | 83.7 | 20.5% | -27.0% |
| Apple | 31.2 | 7.2% | 26.0 | 6.4% | 20.0% |
| LG | 16.2 | 3.7% | 13.1 | 3.2% | 23.7% |
| ZTE | 15.0 | 3.5% | 15.2 | 3.7% | -1.1% |
| Others | 195.2 | 45.2% | 172.2 | 42.2% | 13.4% |
| Total | 432.1 | 100% | 407.7 | 100.0% | 6.0% |
(*Units in Millions)
