The chart below shows global sales of the top five mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013.

The bar chart illustrates the

number

of mobile

phone

sales

by five major companies namely:

Samsung

, Apple,

Nokia

, LG,

ZTE

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and ZTE

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.

Overall

,

Samsung

and

Nokia

were the most popular brands on the market.

However

,

while

the

sales

number

of

Samsung

, Apple,

ZTE

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and ZTE

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had increased over the period, the

number

of

phones

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phone

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sales

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sold

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by

Nokia

and LG had decreased. In 2009, there are

Nokia’s

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Nokia

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phone

sales

than

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more than

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Samsung’s

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Samsung

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.

Samsung

sold nearly

to

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250

million

units

,

while

Nokia

sold close to 450

million

units

.

In contrast

, by 2013, there was a sharp fall in the

number

of

phone

sales

by

Nokia

from over 400

million

units

to 250

million

units

and

Samsung

’s

sales

figures

was

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overtaken to reach the highest point at around 450

million

units

. At the beginning of the period, around 25

million

of

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Apple’s mobile

phone

was sold in the world and

it

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which

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was the lowest

figures

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figure

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. LG sold more than 100

million

mobile phones in the world in 2009 but there was a moderate

decreased

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decrease

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from over 100

million

units

to under 100

million

units

. The

number

of

phone

sales

by Apple saw a considerable rise with the highest point around 150

million

units

while

ZTE’s

sales

figures increased slightly over the period.