Seoul, Dec 6 || Samsung Electronics solidified its top position in the global foldable smartphone market in the third quarter this year, industry data showed on Saturday.
Samsung accounted for 64 per cent of all global shipments of foldable smartphones in the July-September period, up 8 percentage points from a year ago, according to a report from Counterpoint Research, a market tracker, reports news agency.
The company further widened its gap with China's Huawei Technologies Co., whose market share remained unchanged from a year ago at 15 percent during the cited period, the report said.
Motorola Mobility ranked third with a seven percent market share, followed by China's Honor Device at 4 per cent, Vivo Mobile Communications at 4 per cent and Xiaomi at 2 per cent.
"Global shipments of foldable smartphones went up 14 percent on-year and climbed to a record quarterly high, led by the popularity of Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 series," the report said.