TrendForce company has managed to explore the balance of power in the smartphone market in the first quarter this year. During the period of the world was sold 291.2 million. Smartphones - 9.2% less than in the previous quarter. This result was worse than expected, and blame weak demand for smartphones in China. Only in the second half of the current quarter the Chinese market will start to recover.
Samsung remains the largest producer of smartphones in the world, and the release of new models on the market has enabled the company to increase its share from 24.7% to 27.8%. Apple reserves the second place, but its market share declined during the quarter from 23.2% to 19.9%. But in the battle for third place again won the Chinese company Huawei, which succeeded in driving Lenovo, since the failure of the local market undermined the position of the latter. It is noteworthy that the market share of Huawei increased from 6.9% to 7.0%, but it was enough for the nominal leadership among Chinese manufacturers. On the fourth place with 6.2% market share is Korean LG, which is largely dependent on the US and European markets. As a result, Lenovo has remained in fifth place with 6% of the market.
Chinese manufacturers have jointly released in the first quarter 106.8 million Smartphones, which is 12.7% less than in the previous quarter. In the ranking of local producers Xiaomi is only the third place, behind Huawei and Lenovo. Related Products :
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