Huawei is now third in global smartphone market share for Q3

Samsung and Apple continue to be at the
top of global smartphone market share, but
there’s a new number 3. Huawei has
overtaken LG, according to estimates
from Strategy Analytics. Huawei now owns
5.1% of sales, while LG is at 4.8%, a switch
in positions from Quarter 2. This isn’t the
first time Huawei has appeared at this
position, but while LG continued to grow
during Q2, Huawei grew even faster.
Researchers attribute the rise to the Ascend
P6 and the mainstream G610, particularly in
China.

Otherwise, Samsung still leads the world
with a 35.2% share, with Apple still in
second place with 13.4%. Click through the
break to read the full official press release
from Strategy Analytics.

Samsung & Huawei Outperform as Global Smartphone Shipments Reach Quarter- Billion Units in Q3 2013

According to the latest research from our
Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS)
service, global smartphone shipments grew
45 percent annually to reach a record 251
million units in the third quarter of 2013.
Samsung captured a record 35 percent
share of all smartphone volumes worldwide,
while Huawei jumped into third place in the
rankings.
Global smartphone shipments grew 45
percent annually from 172.8 million units in
Q3 2012 to 251.4 million in Q3 2013.
This (was the first time ever that smartphone
shipments exceeded a quarter-billion units
in a single quarter. Smartphones accounted
for 6 in 10 of all mobile phones shipped
worldwide. The smartphone industry’s
robust growth is being driven by strong
demand for LTE models in developed
regions like the US and 3G devices in
emerging markets such as China.
Samsung grew 55 percent annually and
shipped a record 88.4 million smartphones
worldwide, capturing a record 35 percent
marketshare in Q3 2013.

Samsung shipped over two times more smartphones than
Apple during the quarter. While shipments
of the flagship Galaxy S4 model softened,
solid demand for the new Note 3 phablet
and for mass-market devices like the Galaxy
Y helped to lift Samsung’s volumes.
Apple shipped 33.8 million iPhones
worldwide in Q3 2013, up from 26.9 million
a year earlier. Apple grew just 26 percent
annually during Q3 2013, which is around
half the overall smartphone industry
average of 45 percent. Apple’s global
smartphone marketshare has dipped
noticeably from 16 percent to 13 percent
during the past year. Nonetheless, we
expect Apple to rebound sharply and regain
share in the upcoming fourth quarter of
2013 due to high demand for its new
iPhone 5s model. Huawei was a star performer as global
shipments grew 67 percent annually to 12.7
million units in Q3 2013. Huawei captured 5
percent marketshare and became the
world’s third largest smartphone vendor.
The popular P6 and G610 models have been
among the main drivers of Huawei’s
success. Huawei remains very strong at
home in China, but its position is less robust
in other major markets like the US and
Europe.
Huawei will need to expand
aggressively in the American and European
markets if it wants to seriously challenge the
big two of Samsung and Apple next year.

Other findings from research include:

* LG shipped 12.0 million smartphones
worldwide for 5 percent marketshare in Q3
2013. LG grew 71 percent annually, making
it the fastest-growing vendor among the top
five brands. LG has been expanding rapidly
in Europe, but China and India remain weak
spots;

* Lenovo shipped 10.8 million smartphones
worldwide for 4 percent marketshare and
fifth position in Q3 2013. Lenovo is popular
among mass-market consumers in China and it is expanding internationally. Two of the world’s top five smartphone vendors came from China — Lenovo and Huawei.
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World's top 5 smartphone vendors..

1-  Samsung
2-   Apple
3-  Huawei
4-  LG
5-  Lenovo
Source- talk android