The bar chart compares the number of mobile phones sold worldwide by the most popular manufacturers in the years 2009,2001 and 2013.
It is clear that Nokia sold the most mobile phones between 2009 and 2011. but Samsung become the best selling brand in 2013. Samsung and Apple saw the biggest rises in sales over the 5-year period.
In 2009, Nokia sold close to 450 million mobile phone, which was almost double the number of handsets sold by the second most successful manufacturer, Samsung. Over the following four years. however, Nokia’s sales figures fell by approximately 200 million units, whereas Samsung saw sales rise by a similar amount. By 2013, Samsung had become the market leader with sales reaching 450 million units.
The other three top selling mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013 were LG, ZTE and Apple. In 2009, these companies sold around 125 million,50 million and 25 million mobile handsets respectively, but Apple overtook the other two vendors in 2011. In 2013, purchases of Apple handsets reached 150 million units. while LG saw decling sales and the figures for ZTE rose only slightly.
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