Apple had stellar results over the third quarter of 2013, with a massive upswing in shipments in most parts of the world. They had great sales almost everywhere except one vital market ““ China. Depicting the importance of the Chinese market are the results of Huawei, which again claimed the third spot in global market share because of great sales in the biggest market in the world. Huawei overtook LG who hit third spot in the previous quarter.
Otherwise, it’s a familiar story. Samsung is still ruling the roost with 35.2 percent share, while Apple held on to the second-place spot at 13.4 percent. Huawei also isn’t guaranteed to maintain its position when LG is likely to get a fourth quarter sales boost from the G2.
The graph above shows something interesting as well. The market grew by a massive 46%. More impressively, Samsung, Huawei, LG and Lenovo all grew faster than the market (55%, 67%, 71% and 69% respectively). In that list, only Apple grew slower than the market (26%). There is nothing really wrong here, as long as Apple continues to make tons of profits. But it does mean Apple‘s share is lower than it has been in some time.
Source: Strategy Analytics
