The chart below shows global sales of the top five mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013.
The bar chart illustrates the comparison of the
amount
of Change the quantifier
number
phones
by the top five mobile phone manufacturers sold globally in the years 2009, 2011, and 2013.
It is clear that
Nokia had the highest number of phones
sold globally in 2009 and 2011, however
, Samsung
became the most popular among these phone brands in 2013. Samsung
and Apple
saw the biggest increase in sales over this
5-year period.
In 2009, Nokia sold nearly 450 million
mobile phones
, which was almost double the number of phones
sold by the second most successful manufacturer, Samsung
. However
, over the next four years, Nokia’s phone sales decreased by approximately 200 million
units, whereas
Samsung
saw an increase of a similar amount. By 2013, Samsung
became the market leader with a selling number of close to 450 million
units.
The other three top-selling handset brands between 2009 and 2013 were Apple
, LG, and ZTE. In the year of 2009, these companies sold around 25 million
, 125 million
, and 50 million
mobile phones
respectively, but Apple
surpassed the other two manufacturers in 2011. In 2013, units of phones
sold by Apple
had reached 150 million
, whilst LG saw declining sales and the figures for ZTE rose only slightly.Submitted by maokaiyi0423 on
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