As for the smartphone market, we are in a global bubble. Most of the attention goes to expensive, luxury phones. In the meantime, however, many more cheap phones appear, which also sell better. Reliable figures are scarce, but the top three best-selling Android smartphones in 2023 are all from Samsung. Do you know which models? The S23 Ultra or perhaps a midrange model like the A54? If you believe the internet, that’s what you’d think.
We create that bubble ourselves as readers and viewers of technology reviews. An expensive phone review often gets many more readers and viewers than any cheap phone review. An expensive phone is also often more innovative, so there is more to say about it. It can fold, it has new cameras or a function you have not seen before.
In the Benelux, attention and sales numbers go hand in hand. These are relatively rich countries and it has been clear for years that we buy a fairly large number of expensive phones here. In many other countries the difference between attention and sales numbers is much greater. For example, India has a dynamic market for cheap smartphones with more different models than here, because they are in high demand. The best-selling Android smartphones worldwide were, in order, the Galaxy A14 5G, Galaxy A04e and Galaxy A14 4G. And all three have something missing from almost all expensive Android smartphones and all iPhones: a 3.5mm jack.
If you click on this article thinking that the 3.5mm jack is no longer on phones, it’s because of the bubble we’re in. You can read in this article how the number of phones with a 3.5mm jack is improving significantly, measured in the number of different phones you can buy. And yes, we also talk about the popularity of phones with a 3.5mm jack in the Pricewatch.
2024-04-22 04:00:00
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