Samsung posts lowest ever fourth quarter in China, relegated to second in India

Samsung is the world's biggest smartphone vendor but is seeing its shares in the biggest smartphone markets of China and India diminish. In the final quarter of 2017 Samsung captured just 0.8% of the smartphone market in China, compared to 20% five years ago. According to information by Strategy Analytics, that translates to 9.8 million shipped smartphones - the first time Samsung's shipments have dipped below 10 million. To paint a picture of Samsung's 2017 in China - it captured 3.1% in Q1, 2.7% in Q2 and 2% in Q3 - and ending with the aforementioned 0.8% in Q4. Market experts...