Study: Smartphones small bestseller to the first quarter of 2014

Gained smart phones equipped with a small screen , and specifically with measuring smaller than 5 inches , the largest share of sales during the first quarter of this year , according to statistics carried out by the company , " Canales " Canalys market research .

And the statistic that 66 % of smart phones that have been shipped in the first quarter of this year were fitted with screens measuring less than 5 inches , while the figure reached to 22 % of phones equipped with a screen measuring ranges from 5 to 5.4 inches.

The percentage of smart phones equipped with a flat-screen measured ranges between 5.5 to 5.9 inches about 10% of total shipments in that period , while not exceeding the proportion of shipments of smart phones equipped with a screen measuring 6 inches or larger barrier of 2 % .

The survey revealed that the number of smartphones that were shipped during the first quarter of this year amounted to 279.4 million device , and the Chinese market is the owner of the largest share of those shipments by 35 %, followed by the U.S. market by 12% .

She statistical " Canales " that " Samsung " topped the list of companies selling more smart phones during the period between January to March two years, and that a share of 31% , followed by "Apple" by 16 % .

The improved Chinese companies from their positions strongly during the last quarter of 2014, controls half of the list of companies ten most selling for smartphones , and it was resolved , " Huawei " in third place , and " Lenovo " in fourth place , and Xiaomi in sixth place , and Yulong ranked eighth , and ZTE ranked ninth .

She stressed , " Canales " system "Android " was dominating the market during the first three months of this year , and that at a rate of 81% of the devices sold in the period, followed by system iOS 16% , then the system " Windows Phone " by 3% .

The smart phone shipments in the first quarter of 2014 increased compared to the same period last year by 29 % , but it decreased compared to the fourth quarter of 2013 increased by 5 % .