The chart below shows global sales of the top five mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013.!
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
Nokia sold the most mobile phones between 2009 and 2011, but Samsung
became the best-selling brand in 2013. Samsung
and Apple
saw the biggest rises in sales
over the 5-year period.!
In 2009, Nokia sold close to 450 million
mobile phones, which was almost double the number of handsets sold by the second most successful manufacturer, Samsung
. Over the following four years, however
, Nokia’s sales
figures fell by approximately 200 million
units, whereas
Samsung
saw sales
rise by a similar amount. By 2013, Samsung
had become the market leader with sales
reaching 450 million
units.!
The other three top-selling mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013 were LG, ZTE and Apple
. In 2009, these companies sold around 125 million
, 50 million
and 25 million
mobile handsets respectively, but Apple
overtook the other two vendors in 2011. In 2013, purchases of Apple
handsets reached 150 million
units, while
LG saw declining sales
and the figures for ZTE rose only slightly.!Submitted by ghezlanalharbi5 on
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