The battle of the Smartphones

Source: IDC/WSJ

Apple and Samsung are in fierce competition to be the number one Smartphone supplier. While Samsung is taking the lead now, Apple is making its next move - introducing the enxt iPhone with larger screens; 4.7 and 5.5 inches. What do they look like?  

But the road to success may be bumpy. (video) What will happen next in the battlefield is any body's guess. How much the Smartphone market has changed in less than 10 years. In 2006, the total Smartphone unit shipment was around 64 millions. Today, over 1,000,000,000 units are expected to be shipped annually. 

	Unit Shipment %
Samsung	29
Apple	18
Huawei	6
Lenovo	5
LG	5
Others	38

  Source: IDC/WSJ

Looking back 9 years, how the mighty have fallen from the top 5 list in such a short time!

In 2005/2006, Nokia had more than 50% of the market share. RIM (Blackberry) was number 2 and owned the enterprise market. Motorola and Palm were among the leaders. 

It is no surprise that the 10 most popular phones sold in May were Apple and Samsung brands. The big surprise was the Chinese brand Xiaomi made it to the list. Xiaomi introduced a line of low cost phones aimed at the massive population in China and India.

Who will take the number one spot five years from now?

TECH IDEA RESEARCH: jk