The provided tables illustrate the sales figures for iPhone and Galaxy smartphones across six countries in the years 2012 and 2022.
Overall, both smartphone brands demonstrated significant increases in sales over the decade, with the iPhone showing the most remarkable growth in Canada, while the Galaxy exhibited substantial gains in Japan.
In 2012, the sales of iPhones across the six countries varied markedly, with Japan leading at 8.9 million units and Canada following with 6.8 million units. Notably, New Zealand recorded the lowest sales at only 1.4 million units. By 2022, there was a dramatic increase in iPhone sales, reaching a peak of 41.7 million units in Canada, followed by Japan and Thailand with 21.9 million and 29.5 million units, respectively. Germany also saw a notable rise from 4.6 million to 12.4 million units, while New Zealand increased significantly to 18 million units, and Ireland’s sales modestly grew to 3.4 million units.
Conversely, the Galaxy smartphone sales in 2012 were considerably lower than those of the iPhone, with Japan achieving the highest figure of 10.8 million units, while Ireland had the lowest at merely 0.6 million units. A decade later, the sales figures for the Galaxy displayed substantial growth, particularly in Japan, which soared to 32.7 million units, and Germany, which rose from 3.1 million to 18.4 million units. Canada and Thailand also exhibited increases, with sales reaching 29.7 million and 24.6 million units, respectively. Notably, New Zealand’s sales increased to 14.2 million units while Ireland’s saw a slight rise to 4.1 million units.