Samsung top smartphone vendor in Europe, Middle East and Africa | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Samsung top smartphone vendor in Europe, Middle East and Africa | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Agencies | Seoul

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Samsung Electronics Co. was the top vendor in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) smartphone market in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Wednesday, despite sales decline.

Samsung shipped 29.6 million smartphones in the EMEA market in the July-September period for a 31.8 percent market share, according to industry researcher International Data Corp. (IDC).

The figures were slightly down from a year ago when the company shipped 31.6 million smartphones for a 34.7 percent market share. However, the South Korean tech giant was able to defend its top spot with solid performance in Europe, according to Yonhap News Agency.

"Samsung had a strong quarter across Europe, and its share rose above a third of the market to 37.1 percent in the third quarter," IDC said. "It was clearly one