Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Grow 23.1% Year over Year in 2nd Quarter of 2014

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Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Grow 23.1% Year over Year in 2nd Quarter of 2014

By CircleID Reporter
August 01, 2014, 7:22 pm PDT Views: 6,357 Add Comment

The worldwide smartphone market grew 23.1% year over year in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), establishing a new single quarter record of 295.3 million shipments, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Following a very strong first quarter, the market grew 2.6% sequentially, fueled by ongoing demand for mobile computing and an abundance of low-cost smartphones. Second quarter shipments were in line with IDC’s forecast and all expectations are that the market will continue apace in the second half of the year and surpassing 300 million units for the first time ever in a single quarter in 3Q14.

Vendor	2Q14 Shipment Volume	2Q14 Market Share	2Q13 Shipment Volume	2Q13 Market Share	2Q14/2Q13 Growth
1. Samsung	74.3	25.2%	77.3	32.3%	-3.9%
2. Apple	35.1	11.9%	31.2	13.0%	12.4%
3. Huawei	20.3	6.9%	10.4	4.3%	95.1%
4. Lenovo	15.8	5.4%	11.4	4.7%	38.7%
5. LG	14.5	4.9%	12.1	5.0%	19.8%
Others	135.3	45.8%	97.5	40.6%	38.7%
Total	295.3	100%	240.0	100%	23.1%

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, July 28, 2014

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