Having spent 11 quarters prior to the fourth quarter of 2014 as the number two smartphone vendor in terms of shipments, Apple just 600,000 units fewer than Samsung in the fourth quarter.
In the same quarter of 2013, Apple trailed Samsung by more than 33 million units.
IDC also reported that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.2 million units during the fourth quarter of 2014, representing 28.2 percent growth year over year.
Sequential growth was about 12 percent.
Samsung had 20 percent share while Apple had nearly 20 percent share in the fourth quarter. The next three suppliers in the top five are Chinese: Lenovo with 6.6 percent share; Huawei with 6.3 percent share and Xiaomi with 4.4 percent share.
For the full year, the worldwide smartphone market saw a total of 1,301.1 million units shipped, up 27.6 percent from the 1,019.4 million units shipped in 2013.
Top Smartphone Vendors (Units in Millions)
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Vendor
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4Q14 Shipment Volumes
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4Q14 Market Share
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4Q13 Shipment Volumes
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4Q13 Market Share
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Year-Over-Year Change
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1. Samsung
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75.1
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20.01%
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84.4
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28.83%
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-11.0%
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2. Apple
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74.5
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19.85%
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51.0
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17.43%
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46.0%
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3. *Lenovo
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24.7
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6.59%
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13.9
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4.75%
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77.9%
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4. Huawei
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23.5
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6.25%
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16.6
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5.66%
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41.7%
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5. Xiaomi
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16.6
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4.42%
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5.9
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2.03%
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178.6%
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Others
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160.9
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42.9%
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120.9
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41.31%
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33.1%
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Total
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375.2
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100.0%
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292.7
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100.0%
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28.2%
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