Investors and analysts tend to be concerned that Apple’s iPhone lags Google’s Android smartphones substantially in unit market share. Samsung was a close second in the December quarter shipping 74.1 million smartphones, down 4.4% year over year, for an 18.4% share. IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, February 1, 2017For the full year Samsung was the unit share leader. It shipped 317.3 million smartphones, up 1.9% from 2016, and captured 21.6% of the market. Apple was a distant second at 215.8 million iPhones for a 14.7% market share.

Source: Forbes March 03, 2018 03:56 UTC