Yonhap, BusinessKorea reported that Strategy Analytics said in a research report released on the 14th that the global smart phone shipments of Samsung will reach 315 million by next year (2018), and the market share will shrink from 20.5% this year to 19.2% mainly due to By Apple Inc. is expected to continue to expand high-end market share, Chinese brand quickly occupied the parity market.
Excluding the Galaxy Note 7 serial explosion in 2016 will be the first time in Samsung's history that shipments of smartphones have shrunk from the previous year.
In contrast, Apple's shipments next year is expected to reach 234 million branch, the market share will be slightly increased from 14% this year to 14.3%. Huawei, Oppo next year's market share is expected to increase to 10% 7.8%, mainly due to land factory in China, India have made progress.