Samsung keeps losing market share to Chinese brands as global smartphone sales decline further

The smartphone market is more competitive than ever, but the number of phones sold each year continues to drop, making the fight for larger piece of the pie even more vicious. This is the picture painted by latest Counterpoint mobile market monitor report, noticed by SamMobile.

The report shows changes in the smartphone market between the third quarter of 2078 compared to the same three-month period this year. While a few countries, such as India, saw an increase in smartphone sales, that wasn’t enough to put even one region in the green. Globally, the year-on-year decrease is now at 5%, ...