Written by David S. Wills · June 3, 2020
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Discussion
The diagram provides information regarding how many phones were sold between 2009 and 2013 according to their brand.
Looking at the details, in can be seen that three mobile phone manufacturers’ ( Samsung Apple ZTE) sales saw increase. One ofthe most popular brand in this chart was Samsung which grew its sales twofold from roughly 210 mln to just over 410 mln in 2013, while the company of Apple which had been the leastnpopular oni in 2009 witnessed a rise to approximately 150 mln. Regarding ZTE, the growth rate for it was slight in 2013 to 50mln.
Remaining two companies, Nokia and LG experienced downward trendnin the sales of their phones. In 2009, Nokia sold highest number of phones at about 450 mln in 2009, but it dropped dramatically to 250 in 2013 while the figures for Nokia went down by 40 mln from 120 mln to 80 mln between 2009 and 2013.
Overall, it is clearly seen from the chart that, the company of Apple’s sale saw the highest growth whereas there was a noticable drop inthe sales of phones of Nokia in the end of the period given.