SAN FRANCISCO, November 3 morning news, the second quarter of 2017, the smart phone market unparalleled, shrinking; the third quarter of global smart phone shipments reached 373.1 million units, with the third quarter of 2016 increased by 363.4 million units 2.7%. Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Oppo, and millet occupy the top five, and their shipments have all increased, except for the increase in the market share of the other four Apple companies.
The third quarter, Samsung is still the boss, shipments 83.3 million units, the market share of 22.3% .Apple shipments of 46.7 million units, 12.5% share.Samsung and Apple widened the gap.
According to the data provided by IDC, Samsung's market share in the third quarter of 2016 was about 20.9%, 22.3% in Q3 and 7.2 million units in unit shipments. In each quarter, Samsung won one-fifth of the world's total Market, the first three quarters of 2017 is no exception.Samsung introduced Galaxy Note 8 after a smooth transition, strong demand to help Samsung solve the crisis in Note 7. In other words, J series and A series of mobile phones in the shipment take greater responsibility, The overall revenue of the Samsung mobile unit is declining as J and A series phones are cheaper.
Apple's handset shipments reached 46.7 million units in the third quarter of 2017, up 1.2 million units from a year earlier, accounting for about 12.5% of the market. Samsung recalls Note 7 that Apple did not receive any benefits. The weak demand for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Now the market began to focus on the iPhone X. The tenth anniversary of the birth of this iPhone, Apple introduced three cell phones to celebrate, had not had such a thing before .Q4 for the Apple is very important because the holiday shopping season is coming, the result depends on the iPhone X Performance.