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

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number

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of

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.