IDC analyst Melissa Chau said: 'On a global scale, including the important Chinese market, consumer interest in high-end smart phones is still strong, but the growth of new smart phone users is weak, resulting in a decline in shipments. From a revenue perspective, the smartphone market is still growing and will continue to grow in the coming years as consumers still need these devices to meet their computing needs.
IDC analyst Anthony Scarsella said: 'Although Apple, Samsung, and Huawei have both launched new flagship smartphones, consumers have been reluctant to spend too much money on these new products. In the quarter, the relatively high-end smart phones that users can afford to be able to sustain shipment growth may become the main force.
The IDC report shows that in the first quarter of this year, Samsung was still the leader in the global smartphone market. Although shipments fell by 2.4% year-on-year, its market share still reached 23.3%.
Apple shipped 52.2 million iPhones in the first quarter, an increase of 2.8% year-on-year, with a market share of 15.5%, ranking second.
Huawei's smart phone shipments totaled 39.3 million, an increase of 13.8% year-on-year, and its market share hit a record high of 11.7%, ranking third in the world.
Xiaomi’s strong performance in the first quarter was mainly due to its rapid growth in overseas markets. In the first quarter, Xiaomi’s smart phone shipments reached 27.6 million units, an increase of 86.4% year-on-year, with a market share of 8.2%, ranking fourth in the world. .
OPPO ranked fifth. In the first quarter, smart phone shipments were 23.9 million units, down 7.5% year-on-year, with a market share of 7.1%.