JAKARTA (Lenteratoday) – The global market demand for Samsung phones seems to have increased. The IDC report reveals that 20 percent of the 1.35 billion mobile phones distributed to the global market are Samsung phones. The rest is shared with dozens of mobile phone brands produced from around the world.
Overall, the number of phones shipped throughout 2021 increased compared to the previous year. Although shipments in the fourth quarter of 2021 are still lower than the same period in the previous year.
“Supply chain and component shortages are starting to have a meaningful impact on the smartphone market as we enter the second half of this year, and this will continue into 2022,” said Ryan Reith, Group VP of Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers at IDC, as quoted by Cnet, Sunday (30/1/2022).
The top position is held by Samsung, which shipped 272 million units of mobile phones throughout 2021. This figure is equivalent to 20% of the total global market share.
In the second tier there is Apple with 235.7 million units, followed by Xiaomi with 191 million units. The fourth and fifth rankings are held by Oppo with 133.5 million and Vivo with 128.3 million respectively.
Counterpoint Research also issued a report whose figures are almost similar to the IDC report. In first place is Samsung which will ship 271 million units of mobile phones in 2021, followed by Apple with 237.9 million units.
Next there is Xiaomi with 190 million units, Oppo with 143.2 million units, and Vivo with 131.3 million units. Although Apple is in second place, the iPhone manufacturer recorded the largest growth of 18% year on year. Apple’s performance is driven by the high demand for the iPhone 12.
According to Counterpoint data, this is the first time the global mobile phone market has expanded since 2017. In that year, mobile phone vendors shipped 1.56 billion units of mobile phones and that figure continued to decline every year from 2018 to 2020.
“The global smartphone recovery in 2021 follows an epidemic-hit 2020 and subsequent pent-up demand,” said Harmeet Singh Walia, senior analyst at Counterpoint Research.
Singh Walia said the market recovery could have been better if there was no shortage of components.
Source: Antara | Editor: Endang Pergiwati
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