AbakwaSamsung bayaqhubeka nokuhola imakethe yokuthengisa ama-smartphone emhlabeni jikelele. Isendaweni yesibili ku-Apple kanti kweyesithathu iye eHuawei, ebilokhu icindezele kanzima. Imakethe yomhlaba wonke eholwa ngumkhiqizi waseKorea futhi eqhubeka nokwethula imikhiqizo ebalulekile, njenge-Samsung Galaxy S7 ne-S7 edge, ukuze iqhubeke kulesi sikhundla.
Enye yezimakethe ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni, i-United States, ibuyile ngaphansi kwegunya le-Samsung njengoba sifundile namuhla. Ngokusho kwabahlaziyi beCounterpoint Research, iSamsung manje ingumholi emakethe yama-smartphone yase-US. Isikhathi sokugcina i-Samsung eshiye i-Apple izinyanga eziyishumi nanye ezedlule, kepha manje, ngenxa yokuthengiswa okuqinile kweGalaxy S7, inkampani ihola futhi.
Ngokusho kwenkampani, iSamsung manje inayo Amaphesenti angama-28,8 esabelo semakethe ngenyanga kaMashi, ngenkathi i-Apple ilala isibili ngo-23%. Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi kube yiphutha lokusebenza okuhle emithanjeni ye-Galaxy S7, i-smarthone ebabazekayo, kepha i-iPhone SE ibingeyona le nto efunwa yi-Apple ekuthengiseni.
I-LG ingeyesithathu embangweni ngamaphesenti ayi-17,1 isabelo semakethe, okusho ukuthi sisondela ku-Apple. Ngokuqondene nalo mkhiqizi waseKorea, kufanele kushiwo ukuthi lezi zibalo azibandakanyi ukuthengiswa kwe-G5, ngakho inkampani ingasondela ku-Apple.
Ucwaningo lweConterpoint lucacisa ukuthi abakhiqizi bama-smartphone baseChina abakwazanga ukusondela kusabelo semakethe kulawo maphesenti esikhuluma ngawo. I-Huawei ifinyelele amaphesenti angu-1 emakethe yase-US, kanti i-ZTE ingeyesine ngamaphesenti angama-6,6. I-Alcatel ingeyesihlanu enesabelo semakethe esingu-4,5%.