Canalys: Apple leads Q4 sales for a third year in a row, Samsung stays on top in 2019

Canalys posted its report on the worldwide smartphone shipments for Q4 and the full year 2019. The analysts estimate that in Q4 2019, Apple shipped over 78 million smartphones, surpassing Huawei and Samsung and becoming a holiday champion. The Cupertino company did the exact same thing in 2018 and 2017, revealing that people really want a new iPhone for Christmas. The smartphone market has switched from a growth era to cyclical era - this means companies won't grow as they used to, and now market results will alternate between peaks and declines. Research Analyst...