Samsung Monitors Hang On to No.1 Spot Globally for 5 Years

Number One Worldwide Since 2006

Samsung Electronics took 15.5% of the global monitor market in the third quarter, becoming the world’s no.1 for five consecutive years (21 quarters) since the third quarter of 2006. According to market research firm IDC, Samsung’s sales jumped by more than 10% in the third quarter compared to the second quarter, shipping 6.42 million units.

In particular, the global market leader sold more than 3.49 million premium LED monitors in the third quarter, accounting for 25.5% of the overall monitor market. This means that one out of four LED monitors sold in the world is Samsung monitor. It performed even better in the large-screen monitor market, with displays above 24-inches having a market share of a whopping 27.5% with one million units sold in total in the third quarter.

“Samsung has endlessly put the utmost efforts to innovation products and develop unique designs, resulting in the unparalleled leadership in the global monitor market,” said Jeong-Hwan Kim, Senior Vice President of Display Sales & Marketing Team at Samsung Electronics. “We will continue to reinvent ourselves to cement our reputation of 'Monitor equals to Samsung' both in mass-market models and in premium models.”

Samsung’s sales performance proves the trend clearly by strengthening its premium lineup. Its LED monitor sales makes up for over half of the total monitor sales. The company has unveiled a series of innovative monitors from early 2011, aggressively marketing their various features and high performance. They range from full HD 3D monitors to Central Station monitors—which enables users to connect peripheral accessories and LAN cable directly to the monitor, not to a computer—and to professional wide-viewing-angle monitors that adopts a PLS (plane-to-line switching) panel.

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