According to data from the market research firm Counterpoint, the market share of smartphones, Huawei has now overtaken that of Samsung in April, allowing the chinese company to become for the first time the largest manufacturer of smartphones in the world.
According to Counterpoint, the share of market of smartphone of Huawei has increased as the chinese market has stabilized, rising from 17% in march to 21.4% in April.
This increase is primarily due to the heavy presence of Huawei in the chinese market, which has gradually recovered since march. The chinese market contributed up to 76% of the total sales of Huawei in April 2020.
For its part, Samsung has seen its market share decline to 19.1% due to the total containment as enacted in India, and a decline in the demand for the series S20 for the fact of the epidemic of COVID-19.
On the whole, has indicated Counterpoint, worldwide shipments of smartphones in April amounted to 69,37 million units, down 41% year on year, because of the containment measures taken in various countries.
In April, shipments of smartphones in China increased by 17.2% on an annual basis, the first expansion of this type in the last four months, said the Academy of information technology and communication of China, adding that it was the sign of a strong revival of consumer enthusiasm for electronic products. .
The market research firm Strategy Analytics also predicted that China would continue to be the main engine of the market of smartphones 5G in the world, in spite of the epidemic.
