Samsung is expected to increase its market share in smartphones this year while Apple is cutting the price of its iPhone 5.
Samsung's smartphone sales will grow by 35% to 290m units this year says Strategy Analytics, up from 215m units in 2012.
iPhone sales are expected to grow by 33%, to 180m units this year.
That would give Samsung a 33% share of the smartphone market for 2013, and Apple a 21% share.
Meanwhile Apple is aggressively discounting the iPhone 5 prices. Last week the US chains Walmart and Fry's cut the price of the phone to $127.
It is unusual for Apple to agree to price drops as big as this so soon after the launch of a new product and the discounting has been attributed to slower than expected sales because the iPhone 5 is not much better than the iPhone 4S.
Apple has seen its share price drop from $700 to $500 wiping $175bn off its market cap.
Source:
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2013/01/07/55315/samsung-to-gain-phone-share-as-apple-cuts-prices.htm
