In a Near Tie, Apple Closes the Gap on Samsung in the Fourth Quarter as Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Top 1.3 Billion for 2014, According to IDC

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, January 29, 2015

See Table Notes below.

In addition to the table above, an interactive graphic showing worldwide unit shipments for the top 5 smartphone vendors over the previous five quarters is available here. The chart is intended for public use in online news articles and social media. Instructions on how to embed this graphic can be found by viewing this press release on IDC.com.

Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, Market Share and Year-Over-Year Growth, Calendar Year 2014 Preliminary Data (Units in Millions)

                               
Vendor    

2014
Shipment
Volumes

   

2014 Market
Share

   

2013
Shipment
Volumes

   

2013 Market
Share

   

Year-Over-
Year Change

Samsung     318.2     24.5%     316.4     31.0%     0.6%
Apple     192.7     14.8%     153.4     15.1%     25.5%
Huawei     73.6     5.7%     49.0     4.8%     50.4%
*Lenovo     70.0     5.4%     45.5     4.5%     54.1%
LG     59.2     4.6%     47.8     4.7%     24.0%
Others     587.3     45.1%     407.4     40.0%     44.2%
Total     1,301.1     100.0%     1,019.4     100.0%     27.6%
                               
*Lenovo + Motorola     96.5     7.4%     58.4     5.7%     65.4%
                   

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