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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Anonymous, 15 Oct 2024because 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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    Loddy, 15 Oct 2024And who is others ? What market share they have ?Huawei,honor,Nubia,ZTE,etc

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      • Jin
      • CbG
      • 15 Oct 2024

      Right side percentage adds up to 101%

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        • Anonymous
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        • 15 Oct 2024

        -Trix-, 15 Oct 2024Looks like Apple will outsell Samsung this year too for the... moreGuess Apple is fairly affordable 🤔
        Or people have decent amounts of 💰

          Loddy, 15 Oct 2024And 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 Oct 2024

              Anonymous, 15 Oct 2024because samsung did not innovate enough, hence why the Sams... mores2 5 will be a minor improvement

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                • 15 Oct 2024

                Loddy, 15 Oct 2024And who is others ? What market share they have ?Other = all other brands on Earth

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                  • Anonymous
                  • B4X
                  • 15 Oct 2024

                  because samsung did not innovate enough, hence why the Samsung executive apologized. Samsung can't rest on their laurels, they already lacking behind competition in even foldables.

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                    • 15 Oct 2024

                    And who is others ? What market share they have ?

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