Cards were mostly responsible for the change as they
grabbed a 39.4 percent
market share last year compared to 33.4 percent in 2014, mirroring a
global trend that has long taken hold in many other countries including Sweden and Britain.
Chinese telecom giant Huawei said its smartphone shipments reached 153 million last year,
grabbing a 10 per cent
global market share to become the third - largest international smartphone player.