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It should be noted right away that both companies have a launch schedule for their smartphones, which they have been following for more than a year.\u00a0Apple releases the iPhone in the last quarter of the year, while Samsung launches its flagship Galaxy S series smartphones in the first quarter.\u00a0Of course, the results of sales will be very different.\u00a0For example, after launching the iPhone 14 line at the end of last year, Apple showed a significant leap, and now it’s Samsung’s turn.\u00a0After leaving<\/p>\n
Galaxy S23 South Korean company managed not only to close the gap, but also to get ahead of its main competitor.<\/p>\n
In fact, Samsung was the only brand that significantly increased its market share against the backdrop of a 12% reduction in the global market.\u00a0The South Korean giant ended the first quarter of 2023 with a 22% share, while Apple with a 21% share.\u00a0While demand for the iPhone 14 has eased slightly, it has been Apple’s best first quarter in three years.<\/p>\n
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Third place was retained by Xiaomi with a share of 11%, helped by the launch of new smartphones towards the end of the quarter.\u00a0OPPO and Vivo took the fourth and fifth positions with 10% and 8% shares, respectively.\u00a0The trio of Chinese manufacturers are firmly established in several key Asian and European markets, especially in the budget segment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apple and Samsung have long been battling for dominance in the smartphone market.\u00a0At certain moments, the initiative is intercepted by a manufacturer from South Korea, the rest of the time the company from Cupertino rules the ball.\u00a0According to a recent report from analyst firm Canalys, Samsung is once again leading the market in the first […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":160481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1509],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-160478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}