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Samsung takes top phone-maker spot back from Apple (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave to c/economics

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New quarterly figures from research IDC suggest a drop in iPhone shipments for the first three months of 2024.

Samsung has regained its position as the top mobile phone-maker globally, having been beaten by Apple late last year, according to new figures.

The latest quarterly data from research firm IDC said overall global smartphone shipments increased 7.8% on this time last year, but Apple shipments dropped by nearly 10%.

As a result, Samsung has regained the top phone-maker spot, with a market share of 20.8%, ahead of iPhone maker Apple, which is second on 17.3% – after the two firms had switched places in the final three months of 2023.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They both suck at making phones

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I don't understand this comment, because they don't?

They're both at the forefront of developing things like processors and displays. Exynos, Bionic and Snapdragon processors all compete for the top spot and push each other's development forward. The tech that went into Bionics and Snapdragons have been translated to laptop form factors and the Snapdragon X kicks ass. Samsung has some of the best display technology on the planet and similarly pushes the industry forward.

They do objectively make good, cutting edge consumer hardware, but I am sure this is mostly about their design practices of removing things like the SD card and headphone jack and being anti-consumer for repairs. Yeah, they do suck at both of those things, but literally everything else about the phones are not only considered top tier by the average consumer but are literally the trend setters across the entire industry.