The bar chart compares the global revenue of five leading phone brands in different years: 2009, 2011, and 2013.
Overall, there was a significant decline in LG and Nokia’s sales figures, while Samsung, Apple, and ZTE experienced a rapid increase between 2009 and 2013. Additionally, Nokia marked the peak in data in 2009, but was surpassed by Samsung in 2013.
Specifically, the figures for Samsung, Apple, and ZTE all experienced increases, but to varying extents. The sales volume of Samsung and Apple witnessed a remarkable rise from above $250 million in 2009 to $325 million in 2013, reaching the highest revenue among the five phone brands. Similarly, Apple’s revenue experienced a skyrocket from $25 million to $150 million between 2009 and 2013, increasing more than five times over the period of five years. Finally, the sales figures for ZTE slightly increased by $2 million in five years.
On the other hand, the opposite trend can be seen in Nokia and LG, but LG has smaller decrease. In 2009, despite the sale volume of Nokia had reached a peak in data, at nearly $450 million, this peak was short-lived as sales dropped dramatically by 2013, plummeting to $250 million. The sales of LG witnessed a gradual decline from $125 million ti only $75 million in 2013