Global smartphone shipments declined 1% year-over-year during the third quarter as 293.4 million units were shipped during the three months according to Canalys. Despite a decline of 6% in shipments on an annual basis, Samsung remained the number one smartphone manufacturer worldwide by delivering 57.4 million handsets during the quarter. That gave the company a leading 20% share of the market.
Apple moved a little closer to its South Korean rival by shipping 50 million iPhones during the quarter which included the release of the new iPhone 15 series. Apple shipped 6% fewer phones than it did during the same quarter last year but moved within 3 percentage points of Samsung with a 17% slice of the global smartphone pie.
