The world’s largest smartphone maker has been Samsung Electronics all the time. However, the latest data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2017, Foxconn Electronics, which mainly produced OEM iPhones, surpassed Samsung and became the world’s largest smartphone maker.
According to IDC data, in the fourth quarter of 2017, global smartphone production decreased by 13.8% year-on-year, only 2.1% month-on-month. Among them, thanks to the increase in orders for the 2017 iPhone (iPhone 8/8 Plus, iPhone X), Foxconn Electronics Co., Ltd. Heshuo's market share increased significantly, ranking first and third respectively.
Samsung retreated to the second place. Domestic brands OPPO, Vivo ranked fourth and fifth.
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However, this phenomenon only appeared in the fourth quarter of 2017. From the perspective of the whole year of 2017, Samsung is still the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer. 2017 smart phone manufacturer TOP10 followed by Samsung, Foxconn, OPPO, Vivo, and Heshuo, LG Electronics, Inventec, Flextronics International, Huaqing Telecom and ZTE.
IDC also pointed out that with full screen, pre-Liu Haiping, under-screen fingerprint recognition, facial recognition and other popular technologies, the global smartphone production in 2018 will not change much, at least until the second quarter will not be too obvious growth of.
