International Data Corp. reported that the largest smartphone maker
in the world – Samsung Electronics Co. kept its lead over its most
serious rival Apple Inc. during the fourth quarter of 2013. Both
companies are said to have lost ground to Chinese vendors.The market
researched IDC, which is based in Massachusetts, made a statement saying
that Samsung Electronics posted 28.8% of global smartphone shipments in
the three months ended December the 31st, which is a bit lower than the
result reached for the same period in 2012 – 29.1%. Apple Inc.contemporary lighting’s
share posted a more serious decrease – from 20.9% to 17.9% of global
smartphone shipments.The Program Director for IDC’s Wordlwide Quarterly
Mobile Phone Tracker – Ryan Reith, said for Bloomberg: “Cheap devices
are not the attractive segment that normally grabs headlines, but IDC
data shows this is the portion of the market that is driving volume.
Markets
like China and India are quickly moving toward a point where
sub-150-dollar smartphones are the majority of shipments.”The leadership
in total mobile phone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2013,
which includes the traditional mobile debices used mainly for voice
calls or texting is also awarded to Samsung Electronics Co.
International Data Corp. reported that Samsung’s share of total mobile
phone shipments fell from 23.5% to 22.9%. Nokia Oyj, which market share
fell from 17.8% to 13%, took the second place. IDC said that Apple Inc.Thai basil ranked
third in total mobile-phone shipments with 10.4-percent-share. LG
occupied the fourth place in the ranking with its 3.8-percent-share, and
Huawei is fifth with 3.7%.
Strategy Analytics released some
data showing that Samsung have posted a small increase in its smartphone
share for the fourth quarter of 2013. It also revealed, like IDC, that
Huawei and Lenovo slowly gain market share, which helped the companies
rank among the world’s top five smartphone makers for the full
year.According to Bloomberg, the current share price of Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd is 0.23% down, and its one-year return rate is
10.70% down.According to CNN Money, the current share price of Apple
Inc. is 7.99% down, and its one-year return rate is 9.72% down. The 45
analysts offering 12-month price forecasts for Apple Inc. have a median
target of 600.00, with a high estimate of 777.00 and a low estimate of
360.00. The median estimate represents a +18.46% increase from the last
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