Ngemuva kokuthi i-Samsung iqale ukugxila kakhulu ekwakhiweni kwemishini yayo, isiqala ukwenza kahle ngempela. Ngokusho kwalesi sikhungo I-Gartner Ngakho-ke i-Samsung isiqala ukubuyela esikhundleni somholi ongenakuphikiswa wemakethe yeselula. Ngekota yesithathu ka-2014, umdondoshiya waseNingizimu Korea uthengise kuphela ama-smartphones ayizigidi ezingama-72,93, athole ingxenye engama-23,9% yemakethe yomhlaba. Kulo nyaka, ingxenye yayo yephesenti ibiphansi ngo-0,2%, kodwa ngakolunye uhlangothi, inkampani ithengise omakhalekhukhwini abaningi abengeziwe. Ngokunembayo, ithengise ama-smartphones ayizigidi ezingama-2015 engxenyeni yesithathu ka-83,59, okungaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-11,5 ngaphezu konyaka odlule.
Uma sibheka ukuthengiswa komakhalekhukhwini kanjalo, siphinde sibone ukwanda okuphawulekayo. Lesi sibalo asihlanganisi ama-smartphones kuphela, kodwa futhi nomakhalekhukhwini abavamile bezinkinobho ezicindezelayo. Kulokhu abakwaSamsung bathuthuke ngo-1,1% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule lapho bedayise omakhalekhukhwini abangu-93,62 million, kulo nyaka bengu-102,06 million. Kodwa-ke, ukweqa okukhulu kwephesenti kuqoshwe nguHuawei ngokunyuka kwe-2,5%. Ukuthi i-Samsung iqala ukwenza kahle, inkampani iphinde yaqinisekisa ngesikhathi sokumenyezelwa kwemiphumela yezezimali, lapho kumenyezelwe khona inzuzo yokuqala eminyakeni emibili edlule.
