According to both Strategy Analytics and IDC, Apple dominated global Q4 2017 smartphone shipments, while Samsung finished the year in first place.
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Samsung may have been India's top overall 2017 smartphone vendor, but Xiaomi won the final quarter, also leading the full-year model popularity chart.
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Global smartphone sales only achieved minor growth during Q4 2017, according to GfK market research, but average smartphone prices surged at a remarkable pace.
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Xiaomi may have surpassed Samsung in Q4 2017 smartphone shipments in India, but the world's number one mobile device vendor was also the region's champ in actual sales to customers.
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India's extremely important smartphone market was dominated by Xiaomi rather than Samsung during the final quarter of last year, while Reliance Jio won the local feature phone trophy.
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Apple is number one in CIRP's Q4 2017 US smartphone activation rankings, surging from a 34 percent share during the final three months of 2016 to an impressive 39 percent.
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Ahead of a somewhat surprising December demand slowdown, Apple's iPhone X reportedly crushed the competition in the month of November, at least across three major global markets.
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Samsung should continue to dominate the global smartphone market next year, but Apple and Huawei are expected to start narrowing the gap.
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The August - October 2017 timeframe wasn't particularly fruitful for Apple in global smartphone sales, as the iPhone X launched in early November.
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With the iPhone X released too late to count, the iPhone 7 took the Q3 2017 best-selling smartphone crown, followed by the 6s and Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime.
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Samsung dominated global smartphone shipments again during Q3 2017, followed by Apple, Huawei, OPPO and star performer Xiaomi.
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Huawei remains the king of smartphone shipments in its China homeland, according to fresh market research, narrowly beating OPPO and Vivo again.
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Pretty soon, Xiaomi is expected to surpass Samsung's smartphone shipment numbers in India, which has just become the world's second largest market.
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According to the latest Kantar Worldpanel research, Samsung dominated June - August 2017 smartphone sales in the UK, while Apple reported strong US growth.
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Everybody knows Samsung and Apple are the most successful smartphone brands in the US, but what very few people realize is ZTE's own local popularity.
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