FAP, June 14 / PRNewswire-FirstCall-Asianet /-- Samsung Electronics ranked first in global market share and production in the first quarter of this year, according to data released by research firm TrendForce on the 14th. Samsung Electronics has a global market share of 24.6%, while Apple ranks second with a market share of 21.3%. On the production side, Samsung Electronics production rose 5.5% year-on-year to 61.5 million units in the first quarter of this year, when global smartphone production hit a nine-year low. Apple production decreased by 27.5% month-on-month to 53.3 million units, while production of OPPO (- 17%), millet (- 27.4%) and vivo (- 14.2%) also decreased month-on-month.