Zomwe zachitika posachedwa ndi bungwe la Strategy Analytics zikuwonetsa kuti kampani yaku South Korea Samsung idakwanitsa kusunga malo ake ngati TOP ogulitsa padziko lonse lapansi pamakampani amafoni chaka chatha. Kumbuyo komwe Samsung, i.e. pamalo achiwiri, anali mpikisano waukulu Apple. Pamalo achitatu ndi Huawei waku China. Samsung akuti idakwanitsa kugulitsa mafoni a m'manja okwana 308,5 miliyoni mu 2016. Kampaniyo inanena kuti phindu la ntchito la $ 8,3 biliyoni.
Kugulitsa kwa Apple kwa iPhone kunapitilirabe kukhala pamalo olemekezeka kwambiri, monga Strategy Analytics idapeza kuti kampaniyo idakwanitsa kugulitsa mayunitsi opitilira 215,5 miliyoni amafoni ake nthawi yomweyo. Zogulitsa za Huawei zidagawidwa m'magulu awiri - Honor ndi Ascend. Sales of the Honor Division anali 72,2 miliyoni, ndi Ascend 65,7 miliyoni.
Ngakhale kukakamizidwa kwaposachedwa kwa Samsung, makamaka kuchokera kwa atolankhani ndi opanga aku China, imakhalabe wogulitsa wamkulu wa smartphone. Akadaulo ati kuti opanga ku China amiza kampani yaku South Korea akuyenera kuwongolera kwambiri mafoni awo apamwamba.
