Samsung tops smartphone market share, Nokia second in overall phone biz in Q2

July 26, 2013

Samsung is leading the smartphone market share, while Nokia is in second position in overall phone biz in Q2, said IDC.

IDC on Friday revealed top 5 smartphone vendors’ market share list and overall phone vendor list for the second quarter of 2013. Samsung tops both the list.

Samsung shipped 72.4 million smartphones in Q2. It shipped 113.4 million phones in the second quarter.

Apple is in the second rank in smartphone market share list. Nokia took second position in overall phone category.

LG, Lenovo and ZTE are the other top smartphone vendors.

Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, 2013 Q2 (Units in Millions)

Vendor	2Q13 Unit Shipments		2Q13 Market Share		2Q12 Unit Shipments		2Q12 Market Share		Year-over- year Change
Samsung	72	.4	30.4	%	50	.3	32.2	%	43.9	%
Apple	31	.2	13.1	%	26	.0	16.6	%	20.0	%
LG	12	.1	5.1	%	5	.8	3.7	%	108.6	%
Lenovo	11	.3	4.7	%	4	.9	3.1	%	130.6	%
ZTE	10	.1	4.2	%	6	.4	4.1	%	57.8	%
Others	100	.8	42.4	%	62	.8	40.2	%	60.5	%

Total	237	.9	100.0	%	156	.2	100.0	%	52.3	%

Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, July 25, 2013

IDC said several phone vendors, including Alcatel and Huawei, had high double- and triple-digit growth rates in the second quarter for their Android-based offerings shipped to countries such as China and India. In Q2, these vendors from outside the Top 5 accounted for 44.8 percent of the overall shipment volume, up from 42.2 percent in the same quarter one year ago.

Top Five Total Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, 2013 Q2 (Units in Millions)

Vendor	2Q13 Unit Shipments		2Q13 Market Share		2Q12 Unit Shipments		2Q12 Market Share		Year-over- year Change
Samsung	113	.4	26.2	%	97	.5	23.9	%	16.3	%
Nokia	61	.1	14.1	%	83	.7	20.5	%	-27.0	%
Apple	31	.2	7.2	%	26	.0	6.4	%	20.0	%
LG	16	.2	3.7	%	13	.1	3.2	%	23.7	%
ZTE	15	.0	3.5	%	15	.2	3.7	%	-1.1	%
Others	195	.2	45.2	%	172	.2	42.2	%	13.4	%
Total	432	.1	100.0	%	407	.7	100.0	%	6.0	%