Global smartphone sales falls in 2019, Apple gains

New Delhi, Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining by 0.4 per cent (year over year), and for the full year 2019, smartphones sales declined by 1 per cent, Gartner said on Tuesday.

Apple and Xiaomi were the only vendors in the top five to achieve growth in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Even with a decline in sales, Samsung held on to the No. 1 position with 17.3 per cent market share. Apple secured the No. 2 position with 17.1 per cent of the market.

“The year 2019 ended a little better than expected, due to slightly improved performances from North America and emerging Asia/Pacific,” said Anshul Gupta, senior research analyst at Gartner.