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Last updated: December 23rd, 2013 at 11:32 UTC+01:00
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Many reasons are attributed to this, including the rise of local manufacturers like Sony (who sold around 900,000 more devices than Samsung), and also the launch of Apple's new iPhone 5s and 5c – NTT DoCoMo, the nation's largest carrier, offered Apple's iPhones for the first time ever, contributing to the lower sales seen by Samsung's phones despite being present in NTT DoCoMo's lineup. It's clear devices like the Galaxy Note 3 haven't been able to change things around, and it remains to be seen if future smartphones like the Galaxy S5 will have any effect on Samsung's shrinking market share in the country.
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