For the first time in the history of smartphone sales plunged worldwide.
Analysts say that this is a turning point for the smartphone market, because for the last 10 years this trend was not observed.
Shipments of smartphones in the first quarter of 2016 fell by 3% – to 334,6 million units compared to the same period in 2015.
Analysts say that this is a turning point for the smartphone market, because for the last 10 years this trend was not observed. They associate this decline with the fact that most people already have this gadget: smartphone, Phablet, which combines the qualities of a smartphone and mini-tablet or tablet.
According to Strategy Analystics, leader of this market is the Samsung. The company has put on sale 79 million smartphones, up 3.7 million units less compared to the year 2015. American Apple in second place with supplies at 51.2 million phones, which is 10 million units less than in the previous period.
Third place was taken by the Chinese company Huawei from 28.3 million smartphones, increasing production volumes of smartphones nearly 10 million units.
Also, a number of less well-known companies currently occupy the market share. Company Oppo, cheap brand popular in Asia, has put the 15.5 million smartphones, taking the list in 4th place.
