According to the latest IDC market research firm, global smartphone shipments showed a slight decline last year, manufacturers shipped a total of 1.47 billion cell phones, and in 2016 this figure is 1.473 billion smartphones Last year, global handset shipments fell 1% compared with the previous year, while in the fourth quarter of last year, such a downward trend was obvious, and in general, smartphones performed better during the holiday shopping season.
According to preliminary figures provided by IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphones shipped 403.5 million units in the fourth quarter of last year, compared with 430.7 million handsets in the fourth quarter of 2016, or Said fourth quarter 2017 results year-on-year drop of 6.3%.
2017 Q4 smartphone market share
The report also pointed out that developed countries such as the United States and China all experienced a decline in handset shipments in the fourth quarter of last year, and consumers did not seem eager to buy a new flagship handset this quarter.
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Although Apple's shipments in the fourth quarter of last year surpassed Samsung, overall, the latter overall shipments in 2017 reached 317.3 million units, the record also consolidate the position of Samsung, and Apple last year The total shipments were 215.8 million units.
So, Apple and Samsung who will be better this year? We will wait and see.
