Gartner Says Worldwide Smartphone Sales Recorded Slowest Growth Rate Since 2013

Gartner said worldwide smartphone sales recorded the slowest growth rate since 2013 in the second quarter of 2015. Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users totaled 330 million units, an increase of 13.5 percent over the same period in 2014.

Samsung lost 4.3 percentage points in market share and declined 5.3 percent in unit sales in the second quarter of 2015. Huawei recorded the highest sales growth rate of 46.3 percent, thanks to strong overseas sales and 4G smartphone sales in China. iPhone sales increased 36 percent, which helped Apple gain 2.4 percentage points in market share. In the smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android’s 2015 market share slipped to 82.2% (from 83.8%) and iOS climbed to 14.6 % (from 12.2%). Combined, Android and iOS comprise 96.8% of phones in the second quarter of 2015. Windows is a distant third at 2.5%.