USNMix Report: For the first
time global smartphone fall market,
this brand is on top.
this brand is on top.
In the fourth quarter of
2018, smartphones sales declined by 7 percent.
For the first time in 2018,
the global smartphone market declined, which fell 4 percent from 2017 total of
155.88 million units to 149.83 million units in 2018. Counterpoint Research
gave this information on Thursday. In the fourth quarter of 2018, smartphone
sales declined by 7 percent. In the sale of smartphones, this has consistently
declined in the fifth quarter.
Samsung's share in the
global smartphone market is 19 per cent, followed by Apple and Huawei at 14-14
per cent, while Xiaomi is at number four and its market share is 8 per cent.
Tarun Pathak, associate director of Counterpoint Research, said, "The main
reason behind the decline in smartphone sales is the long cycle of buying a new
phone in developed markets like America, China and Western Europe."
Smartphone Original
Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are trying to increase sales by adding features
like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Multiple Camera Assembly, Full-Screen
Display and In-Screen Fingerprint Scanners. "But customers are not buying
new devices at the place of their old devices due to lack of innovation and
high costs of new devices," says Pathak.
Huawei, Oppo and Vivo's
dominance in parts of China, India, Asia and Europe remains intact. Samsung and
Apple are having a tough time because they are getting tough competition from
the Chinese brands Huawei and OnePlus affordable premium phones.
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