Top 5 Smartphone OEMs Controlled More Than 70% Share for First Time, Says IDC

Q3 smartphone shipments increased 0.8 percent globally, reversing seven straight declines, reported IDC. All vendors shipped 358.3 million smartphones, up 8.1 percent sequentially, it said Thursday. The top five OEMs collectively controlled more than 70 percent share for the first time, said IDC: “The industry and vendor landscape is still changing but the trend of consolidation is ramping along with it."