Smartphone sales whole over the world have improved after taking a hit sooner in the year ascribable to the economic corner fetch on away the pandemic . Now , findings from research steadfast Gartner land that sales feature improved in the third twenty-five percent , with Samsung top of the pick . Samsung saw the most sales , with 80.8 1000000 units sold , gaining xxii % of the market share this quarter . Huawei take improving the second spot , with 51.8 million units ( taking upwards 14.1 % of the market share ) sold this quarter . Another Taiwanese companionship inwards Xiaomi admit up the tierce spot , besting Apple which sits in quarter position . Xiaomi sold 44.4 million units this quarter , an increment from last years Q3 figures of 32.9 million units . orchard apple tree takes 11.1 % of the securities industry share , selling half as many smartphones as Samsung do in the tierce quarter . OPPO makes up the top quint with over 29.8 million units sell in Q3 2020 pulling in a market share of 8.2 % . Samsungs sales in Q3 were hike by thelaunchof the Galaxy Note twenty series , Galaxy Z Fold 2 , and Galax urceolata izzard Flip 5G . likewise , the sales agreement of the A series in certain region help Samsung ameliorate its sales . Gartner says that global sales to end-users summed up to about 366 meg units in the third quarter of 2020 , with overall global sales sum up 401 million unit .