the basis of his research Swedish company took the December figures for sales of accessories for each model and summarize them with indicators of previous 11 months. According Krusell, data is collected from more than 70 countries.
In 2014, the most popular smartphone in the world became 6 iPhone from Apple. A new generation of "apple" devaysa was presented only in the third quarter of 2014, but had to taste buyers.
"I'm discouraged sales of covers for iPhone 6 in recent months. It is worth noting that the first phones will be in stores in September, but many regions still waiting for the launch of a few weeks, making the achievement of iPhone 6 even more impressive, "- says managing director Ulf Sandberg Krusell.
Second place in the ranking took Xperia Z2 from Sony, and the top three has closed another gadget Japanese manufacturer - Z1 Compact. Galaxy S5 Samsung's located on the fourth place. Fifth and sixth lines of the newly departed Sony - it's Xperia Z3 Compact and Xperia Z3, respectively. Following are 2 "apple smartphone" - the seventh position the iPhone 6 Plus, eighth in the iPhone 5. Close the top ten Xperia M2 and Lumia 630 from Microsoft.
Summarizing the results of the annual ranking, Ulf Sandberg suggested, who will be in the top ten at the end of 2015:
"For I will not be surprise if these same brands ostanuts in 2015. I still think that this year among the leaders we will see one or two new brands. For example, Lenovo ".
Thus, at the end of 2014 in the top 10 best-selling devices includes 5 models from Sony, 3 from Apple and one from Samsung and Microsoft.
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