Samsung is ubiquitous; there’s little question that they’re a mobile powerhouse, however, the newest IDC quarterly update provides USA a glance into simply how much of a powerhouse the Korean manufacturer is.
30.3% of total smartphone market share is controlled by Samsung, that is concerning eighty five million units, in Q1 2014.
Now compare this range to Apple, Huawei, Lenovo, and LG, who account for 15.5%, 4.9%, 4.6%, and 4.4% respectively; .9% but Samsung’s share.
All “other” smartphones account for 40.5% of the market share, however these are hardly the larger players that cause a threat to Samsung’s current market dominance.
IDC predicts that smartphone shipments can reach 1.2 billion units, total, for 2014; a 200 million increase from last year. this is often because of growth within the smartphone market and also the constant unfold of recent models getting into the market, particularly low-range handsets.