US Market Smartphone Share 2016 – 2017 Q3
December 7, 2017
|In Data
- The competition for the top spot in the US market between Apple and Samsung has heated up in 2017
- There are two battles happening: a flagship battle between Apple and Samsung and a mid-tier battle between ZTE and LG
- Chinese brands are finding it hard to enter the US market. ZTE is the only Chinese brand till now that has successfully entered the US market.
NAM Smartphone Share (%)
| NAM Smartphone Share (%) | 2016Q1 | 2016Q2 | 2016Q3 | 2016Q4 | 2017Q1 | 2017Q2 | 2017Q3 |
| Samsung | 29% | 30% | 26% | 20% | 23% | 32% | 23% |
| Apple | 33% | 30% | 34% | 39% | 33% | 29% | 33% |
| LG | 14% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 18% | 15% | 18% |
| ZTE | 7% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| Alcatel | 5% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 4% |
| Motorola | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| Others | 10% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 5% |
