Apple: tops smartphone market in Q4

(CercleFinance.com) - Apple has surpassed Samsung to capture the top spot on the world smartphone market in Q4 2017, according to research firm IDC.


Although demand for the new higher priced iPhone X may not have been as strong as many expected, Apple has taken pole position on the market, with iPhone volumes sold reaching 77.3 million units, down 1.3% y-o-y.

Samsung lost out to Apple in the fourth quarter, with 74.1 million units shipped over the last three months of the year, but remained leader in the worldwide smartphone market for 2017 as a whole, IDC said.

China's Huawei ranked number three, with 41 million smartphones shipped in the last quarter.


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