Samsung is #1 as of 2017Q1. In 2016Q4, they briefly were second to Apple, due to that battery problem.
| Period | Samsung | Apple | Huawei | OPPO | vivo | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016Q1 | 23.8% | 15.4% | 8.4% | 5.9% | 4.4% | 42.1% |
| 2016Q2 | 22.7% | 11.7% | 9.3% | 6.6% | 4.8% | 45.0% |
| 2016Q3 | 20.9% | 12.5% | 9.3% | 7.1% | 5.9% | 44.3% |
| 2016Q4 | 18.0% | 18.2% | 10.5% | 7.3% | 5.7% | 40.2% |
| 2017Q1 | 23.3% | 14.7% | 10.0% | 7.5% | 5.5% | 39.0% |
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The problem with that IDC chart and any other chart prepared by Garmin, is they use "units shipped" of phones, all mobile phones, regardless of capabilities, and lump them under the category of "smartphone" when they are not.
Samsung and the other Android makers lump all the Android phones together, regardless of whether than are smartphones, feature phones, or just plain dumb phones in their shipped phones reported. Such aggregation of their models they ship does not represent the true comparison of the "smartphones" market that Apple competes in. . . because many of those are simply NOT smartphones. Many of them are just mere phones. . . with some limited capabilities some with more.
They are not handheld computers with a phone app that is a smartphone. They are phones first with some apps added on. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE.