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

The chart below shows global sales of the top five mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013.!
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The bar chart compares the number of mobile phones sold worldwide by the five most popular manufacturers in the years 2009, 2011 and 2013.!
It is clear that
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Nokia sold the most mobile phones between 2009 and 2011, but
Samsung
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became the best-selling brand in 2013.
Samsung
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and
Apple
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saw the biggest rises in
sales
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over the 5-year period.! In 2009, Nokia sold close to 450
million
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mobile phones, which was almost double the number of handsets sold by the second most successful manufacturer,
Samsung
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. Over the following four years,
however
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, Nokia’s
sales
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figures fell by approximately 200
million
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units,
whereas
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Samsung
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saw
sales
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rise by a similar amount. By 2013,
Samsung
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had become the market leader with
sales
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reaching 450
million
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units.! The other three top-selling mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013 were LG, ZTE and
Apple
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. In 2009, these companies sold around 125
million
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, 50
million
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and 25
million
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mobile handsets respectively, but
Apple
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overtook the other two vendors in 2011. In 2013, purchases of
Apple
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handsets reached 150
million
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units,
while
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LG saw declining
sales
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and the figures for ZTE rose only slightly.!
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Vocabulary: Replace the words samsung, apple, sales, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "rises" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Global sales
  • Mobile phone brands
  • Market share
  • Trends
  • Growth
  • Decline
  • Technological advancements
  • Innovation
  • Consumer preferences
  • Demographics
  • Market dominance
  • Brand loyalty
  • Comparative analysis
  • Sales figures
  • Data interpretation
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