Top 7 Mobile Phone Companies in The World in 2018

1. Samsung

This smartphone giant has indeed a lot to boast about as it might also be the first to launch a flexible screen phone in 2017. Samsung sold 444 million mobile 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 mobile phones.

The company has been at the top position since 2012 and also has a wide range of smartphones, most of which belong to the galaxy series.

2. Nokia

The Finnish handset giant that sold its devices business to Microsoft continued to be the second largest mobile phone company with large sales of 250.79 million mobile phone units in 2013. 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.

3. Apple

Apple which only sells smartphones, stands third, selling 150.78 million units of its iPhones in 2013.

The Cupertino giant had a market share of 8.3%. For context, the company sold 130.13 million smartphones in 2012. It has a history for innovation by also keeping things simple.

4. LG

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

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

5. ZTE

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

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

It had sold 67.34 million phones, last year. Last year, ZTE was the fourth largest mobile phone maker. This is one of the world’s biggest Mobile Phone Companies 2017.

6. Huawei

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

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

7. TCL

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

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