The United States is a developed market for smartphones around the world. With strong national consumption power and high profit margins for manufacturers, Chinese manufacturers hope to find a presence in the high-end market in the United States after they have occupied the low-end market.
According to the U.S. Washington Post website recently reported that according to statistics released by the US authoritative market research firm IDC, the sales of smartphones in the United States last year increased by 1.6% over the same period last year, which is the lowest growth ever with total shipments of 178 million.

According to a survey by market research firm Kantar, in 2015, Americans changed their cell phones on average every 23.6 months, but last year the renewal period was extended to 25.3 months.
According to Brian Blau, an analyst at research firm Gartner, the functions of the smart phone market on the market today have fully met the daily needs of consumers and naturally lead to an extended renewal cycle.
In addition, in the past few years, as the absolute main force in the US smart phone market, the U.S. operators gave up the traditional subsidy system. Consumers need to buy the flagship handsets such as Apple and Samsung at full price. The purchase cost has changed from the past $ 199 to 650 US dollars, and even the iPhone X $ 999. The sharp rise in purchase prices, naturally let the Americans think twice before changing the phone.
In addition, smart phones are gradually becoming assimilated, and the functions of Android phones and Apple mobile phones are more and more similar to each other, which is also cracking down on consumers' interest in buying new phones.
Among the iPhone X handsets sold last year, Apple hopes to differentiate itself by launching features such as face recognition, 3D recognition and augmented reality, but these new features have not aroused the repercussions Apple expects Ushered in a similar Nintendo Pokemon GO game as popular response.
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Last week, Apple posted fourth-quarter earnings, a drop in handset sales and disappointing first-quarter expectations, causing stock prices to plummet by 4.3%. Apple officials have not released mobile-phone sales figures in the U.S. market.
However, a previous agency said that Apple's cell phone sales in the United States in the fourth quarter, an increase of 20%, leading to share continued to rise.
In addition to the declining growth rate of the U.S. mobile phone market, the market structure has also gradually solidified. "Kant's report shows that Apple and Samsung have monopolized 70 percent of the U.S. market and are in the dominance.
South Korea's LG and ZTE each get over a 10% share of the rest of Motorola and other brands also received a single-digit share.
Huawei, the world's third-largest mobile phone maker, has so far enjoyed only 0.4% of the share in the US Last year, Huawei had hoped to sell a flagship mobile phone through two carriers, AT & T and Verizon, but the other side abandoned the cooperation due to political pressure.
On the other hand, ZTE, through years of hard work, has established a partnership with operators and gained the trust of some consumers.
Before, millet, Coolpad and other Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, have expressed the idea of establishing or expanding their presence in the United States.But the saturation of the U.S. mobile phone market will make it very difficult for Chinese enterprises.
The US handset market is dominated by operators. Handset manufacturers in China need to build patient partnerships patiently. However, this cooperation can not be achieved overnight.
In 2018, if Xiaomi is going to be listed in Hong Kong, entering the U.S. market if it cooperates with U.S. carriers will be a huge positive for Xiaomi's valuation and rising share price, and it is noteworthy that whether Xiaomi can reach the 'virgin land of the United States'.