Samsung is worldwide and has become the market leader in the field of smartphones. The Korean technology company to knock this competitor Apple from the throne. Nokia, which until this spring, the market leader, retains the third place.
Samsung delivered in the last quarter, an estimated 27.8 million units compared to 17.1 million devices from Apple and 16.8 million from Nokia. This is the Korean manufacturer for the first time the market leader in the field of smartphones. That is according to figures from the British research firm Strategy Analytics. Last quarter sold Apple the most smartphones, in previous quarters, was Nokia lord and master.
The Koreans saw the sales of smartphones in recent time, rising quickly. The increase amounted to 300 per cent compared to last year and 40 percent compared to the second quarter of this year. Especially the flagship model, the Galaxy S II breaks records; the device went on since the introduction more than 10 million times over the counter.
The mobile branch of Samsung did in the last quarter, is good business; the manufacturer saw the number of telefoonleveringen compared to the previous quarter, with a 20 percent increase. As a result of the ‘explosive’ growth in the mobile market, Samsung is primarily concerned with the production of mobile components such as oled displays, says the company. So take Nokia and Motorola oled panels from Samsung. The electronics manufacturer has, therefore, in the third quarter a turnover of 26.3 billion dollars recorded, 3 percent more than last year.
However, came the profit of the Korean manufacturer this year turned out to be lower. Samsung made especially loss on his screens and geheugencomponenten. Its revenue fell by 1.26 billion euros to 3.5 billion. By the crisis of falling sales figures, among other screens. That is not true for Samsung’s phones; that, moreover, for higher prices over the counter went.
The total profit of Samsung in the third quarter amounted to 2.2 billion euro. That is less than a year earlier, but was the company really in line of expectation.