Canalys: Global smartphone market grows 5%, Samsung barely keeps the top spot

15 October 2024
The preliminary Q3 data reveals tight competition ahead of major shopping holidays.

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Loki Laufeyson, 15 hours agoFrom 2015-2021, Samsung killed with their designs. 2015:... moreReally ? better than Sony ! 😝 No enthusiast user going to believe that .

    PureOS, 10 hours agoApple doesn't deserve this spot. Nothing innovative at... moreWhat difference does it make to you though? I think people should buy what pleases them with their own money. I live in China where basically all brands bar Google pixels are available and I reckon in large cities Apple must have over 30% of the market. Regularly on public transport it looks like it's over 50% apple. I always go for the Chinese brands because they offer better value in China but I'm not going to try to convince locals to abandon their iPhones. I'm not a fan of iPhones but if others like them then that's fine. It's their money after all.

      Apple doesn't deserve this spot. Nothing innovative at all. Samsung to. Not even a designe change, on both of them. They are boring and lazy companies, which always count on brand loyalty. And that guys is the biggest problem of smartphone market. People need to move away from them.

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        • 11 hours ago

        101 out of 100

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          • 12 hours ago

          Derick Abraham, 13 hours agoFor samsung, 70% of their sales comes from budget and midra... moreObviously. It is july - sept.

          New Iphones had less than 2 weeks to help the count.

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            • 12 hours ago

            Always told you that Samsung is the king.

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              • Anonymous
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              • 13 hours ago

              Samsung is always trying to barely holding on. It's either Huawei or Apple or Xiaomi taking away their marketshare in either total, premium or foldables.

                Hemedans, 14 hours agoThe graph total percantege is 101%. some of the percentages get rounded up and down, just how it happens sometimes

                  For samsung, 70% of their sales comes from budget and midrange devices.
                  And for Apple, it comes from last year's models.

                    The graph total percantege is 101%.

                      Anonymous, 16 hours agobecause samsung did not innovate enough, hence why the Sams... moreThey apologize for other thing (Memory) their Mobile Division had huge profit.

                        samsung trying to be apple, we know samsung can can actually implement some useful features into their products and make a good phone but no the only thing we're gonna get next year is a small redesign only for the note, slightly upgraded camera, more ai and 8 gen 4

                          bro China celebrates single's day? is this what I'm thinking it is?

                            Anonymous, 16 hours agobecause samsung did not innovate enough, hence why the Sams... moreFrom 2015-2021, Samsung killed with their designs.

                            2015: S6 edge
                            2016: S7 edge
                            2017: S8
                            2018: S9
                            2019: S10e
                            2020: S20
                            2021: S21

                            ^ And their Note/Ultra counterparts.

                            By 2022 with the S22, their designs got stale. Flip 4 and Fold 4 didn't look different from their predecessors. S22 Ultra had the awful Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 which overheated more than the 888 and ruined the S22 Ultra's battery life. Then sides got flatter, sharper, and Samsung lost the camera island on the Ultras. I will say the base S23 is best looking during the last 3 years.

                            It's tough to remain innovative when Samsung has to cover EVERYTHING: S, Ultra, Z Flip / Fold, A, FE.. ect. Apple only has to cover fewer markets with 5 different iPhones per year: Base, Plus/Slim, Pro, Pro Max, SE.

                            Ranking my favorite S designs...
                            1. S7 edge
                            2. S6 edge
                            3. S10e
                            4. S9
                            5. S8
                            6. S21
                            7. S23
                            8. S24
                            9. S22
                            10. S20
                            11. S3
                            12. S2
                            13. S5
                            14. S4 (overrated)
                            15. S1 (many variations to this model)

                            Perhaps Samsung gets innovative again when they release their first rollable next year? Honestly, looking at my beautiful titanium silver S7 edge, there was a time Samsung beat Apple in hardware for at least 7 years (2015-2021). Their S6 was better than the S6. Their base S21 and S21 Ultra looked better than the iPhone 13 series.

                            This is SAMSUNG. Call them, Samsuck or Scamsung, but they made better phones than Apple and Sony in the previous decade. One of the few companies who can manufacture their own phones with their own parts. That put a heart sensor on the S5. That gave us the S-Pen and periscope lens. What happened after 2021? They became fat cats. But Samsung from 2015-2021 was killing it.

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                              • 15 hours ago

                              Loddy, 16 hours agoAnd who is others ? What market share they have ?Huawei,honor,Nubia,ZTE,etc

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                                • 15 hours ago

                                Right side percentage adds up to 101%

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                                  • 15 hours ago

                                  -Trix-, 15 hours agoLooks like Apple will outsell Samsung this year too for the... moreGuess Apple is fairly affordable 🤔
                                  Or people have decent amounts of 💰

                                    Loddy, 16 hours agoAnd who is others ? What market share they have ?Open this website on a computer instead of a phone and you'll see to your left 36 brand names in total, including the 5 already mentioned in the article. Motorola, Google, Asus, Huawei, realme, OnePlus, Infinix, Nothing... etc., etc.

                                      Looks like Apple will outsell Samsung this year too for the whole year.

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                                        • 15 hours ago

                                        Anonymous, 16 hours agobecause samsung did not innovate enough, hence why the Sams... mores2 5 will be a minor improvement

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