The chart below shows global sales of the top five mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words

The bar chart illustrates data on worldwide

sales

of the most famous mobile phone brands, namely

Samsung

, Apple,

Nokia

and LG,

as well as

ZTE between 2009 and 2013.

Overall

,

sales

of

Samsung

, Apple and ZTE increased during that time,

while

sales

of

Nokia

and LG decreased.

In addition

,

although

Nokia

was a leader in 2009 and 2011,

Samsung

managed to surpass it in 2013. To start, Apple sold the fewest

units

of phones in 2009, particularly less than 50

million

, but after a slight growth, amount of sold

units

constituted approximately 150

million

in 2013. An indicator describing ZTE's

sales

did not change much as it was equal to less than 100

million

units

in both 2009, 2011 and 2013 but with a minimal difference. Demand for LG's production declined and

as a result

, their

sales

went up from above 100

million

units

in 2009 to nearly 80

million

units

in 2013. The figure for

Samsung

experienced only an upward trend,

moreover

, it climbed from about 230

million

units

to almost 450

million

.

However

,

in contrast

with

Samsung

, the number of phones sold by

Nokia

dramatically declined from more than 400

million

in 2009 to about 250

million

units

in 2013.