Apple hits "all-time high" smartphone market share, takes #1 spot for
2023
Apple beat all the Android OEMs while selling dramatically more
expensive phones.
Market research firm IDC has released some stunning smartphone market
share numbers for 2023. The number one smartphone OEM is now Apple.
The IDC says Apple hit an "all-time high market share" number for 2023
and that Apple has "the number 1 spot annually for the first time
ever." The analyst group says this represents "a sort of shifting of
power" in the smartphone market.
That all-time high market share puts Apple at 20.1 percent for 2023, a
3.7 percent growth over 2022. Nearly everyone on Team Android is way
down, with Samsung now in second place after losing 13.6 percent in
2023 for 19.4 percent market share on the year. Chinese firm Xiaomi is
down 4.7 percent for 12.5 percent market share, and Oppo (the parent
company of OnePlus) dropped 9.9 percent and is fourth, with 8.8
percent of the market. Next up is "Transsion," a company that is
definitely not a household name but is big in emerging markets like
Africa. Transsion is a big winner, with 30 percent growth from 2022 to
2023. With 8.1 percent market share, it takes the fifth spot.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/apple-hits-all-time-high-smartphone-market-share-takes-1-spot-for-2023/
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