Worldwide sales of Samsung smartphones reaches 73.21 million units in the third quarter, down 7 million units. Its market share declines 7.7% to 24.4% and still ranks first.
Sales of iPhones grew 26 percent in the quarter, ranking second. With the introduction of two large-screen phones for the first time, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Three of the top five vendors in the quarter were Chinese. Huawei, Xiaomi and Lenovo grew their collective market share by 4.1 percentage points.
In the smartphone OS market, Android continued to increase its market share with a rise of 22 percent. On the other hand, Windows lost market share.
Sales of Samsung's feature phones and smartphones declined in the third quarter, and Samsung lost market share in both markets. Samsung's deepest decline came from feature phones, which decreased by 10.8 percent from the prior year. Demand for Samsung's smartphones weakened mostly in Western Europe and Asia. Samsung's smartphone sales declined 28.6 percent in China, the biggest market for Samsung.
