World's Top 10 Cell Phone Companies

Details of Top 10 Cell Phone Companies

2013 can be called the year of the smartphone with their sales overtaking feature cell phones sales.

Samsung

During the year, sales of smartphones accounted for 53.6% of the overall cell phones sales according to data released by research firm Gartner.

In terms of handset brands, there's been a major shift with big names like HTC, BlackBerry (erstwhile Research In Motion) and Motorola not making it to the list of the top 10 handset vendors (by unit sales).

List Of  Top 10 Cell Phone Companies:

1. Samsung

2. Nokia

3. Apple

4. Lg

5. ZTE

6. Huawei

7. TCL

8. Lenovo

9. Sony

10.Yulong

The Position Of Number last 9 Top 10 cell phone Companies

Samsung

Samsung sold 444 million cell phones in 2013 with a 24.6% market share, a rise of 2.6 percentage points compared to last year when the South Korean giant sold 384 million cell phones.

Samsung

The Position Of Number last 9 Top 10 cell phone Companies

Nokia

The Finnish handset giant that sold its devices business to Microsoft continued to be the second largest player clocking sales of 250.79 million cell phones units in 2013.

Nokia

Occupying a market share of 13.9%, a decline compared to 2012 when its share was 19.1%, Nokia witnessed an overall fall in sales numbers.

The Position Of Number last 3 Top 10 cell phone Companies

Apple

According to Gartner, Apple which only sells smartphones, was the third largest player, selling 150.78 million units of its iPhones in 2013.

Apple

The Cupertino giant had a market share of 8.3%. For context, the company sold 130.13 million cell phones in 2012.

The Position Of Number last 4 Top 10 cell phone Companies

LG 

The other South Korean electronics giant registered a minor growth of 0.5 percentage points in market share to command 3.8% in 2013.

LG

The company sold 69.02 million cell phones, a rise compared to about 58 million units it sold in 2012. LG has moved up one position compared to last year.

The Position Of Number last 5 Top 10 cell phone Companies

ZTE

Chinese network equipment and devices major ZTE was the fifth largest mobile handset vendor.

ZTE

The company sold 59. 89 million cell phones, commanding a 3.3% market share and registering a decline of 0.6 percentage points. 

It had sold 67.34 million cell phones, last year. Last year, ZTE was the fourth largest cell phones maker.

The Position Of Number last 6 Top 10 cell phone Companies

Huawei

The other Chinese player, Huawei, witnessed an increase in the sales of its cell phones. The company managed to sell 53.29 million units in 2013 with a market share of 2.9%.

Huawei

It had sold 47.28 million phones in 2012. Huawei was the sixth largest mobile phone seller, even last year.

The Position Of Number last 7 Top 10 cell phone Companies

TCL

The Chinese multinational company that cell phones under the Alcatel brand name, sold 49.53 million units of cell phones in 2013.

TCL

The company registered a market share of 2.7%. It had sold 37.17 million cell phones in 2012.

The Position Of Number last 8 Top 10 cell phone Companies

Lenovo

Lenovo has been recently in the news for acquiring Motorola handset business from Google. The company, which is a key player in the Chinese market, managed to sell 45.28 million cell phones in 2013.

Lenovo

It has a market share of 2.5%, an increase compared to 2012 when its share was 1.6%. Lenovo is a new entrant in the top 10 displacing BlackBerry.

The Position Of Number last 9 Top 10 cell phone Companies

Sony

One of the major Android smartphone makers, Sony was among the tail-enders among mobile device makers in terms of unit sales.

Sony

The company just sold 37.59 million cell phones registering a market share of 2.1%, in 2013. The Japanese giant had sold 31.39 million cell phones in 2012. Sony was not part of the top-10 list, last year.

The Position Of Number last into Top 10 cell phone Companies

Yulong 

The Chinese device maker that cell phones under the Coolpad brand was the tenth largest cell phones maker in terms of unit sales in 2013.

Yulong

The company sold 32.60 million cell phones commanding a share of 1.8%. Yulong makes a surprise entry displacing ailing smartphone giant HTC.

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