The smartphone market hit a milestone in 2013 with more than a billion shipped – a poll by market research and analysis firm IDC reported that vendors had delivered a total of 1.004 billion smartphones, up 38.4% from 2012.
South Korea's Samsung saw growth of 42.9%, allowing it to extend its dominance in the global market. In other words, Samsung is No. 1, accounting for 31.3% of sales, ahead of Apple's 15.3%.
Apple did witness a 12.9% growth but that is slower than the overall market, resulting in a declining market share.
Still, data from the fourth quarter showed Apple rebounding a little, with the release of its new iPhone models, and capturing 17.9% of sales to Samsung's 28.8%.
And in third spot is China's Huawei with a 4.9% market share, ahead of South Korea's LG (4.8%) and Chinese maker Lenovo (4.5%).
On Saturday, Elite “Toastmasters” met at KL's Royal Lake Club and the good news is that finally, they are on the verge of being chartered – it should be any day now. The meeting was forgettable and I am not going to even talk about it.
The Lunar New Year dinner preceded the meeting and it was the highlight of the evening – to me, at least!
So, here are photos, not of the meeting but of the dinner:
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