Canalys: China's Smartphone Brand Launches Strong Challenges for Samsung in Africa

According to foreign media reports, Canalys has just released the first quarter shipment report of the African smart phone market. From the report results, Samsung still ranked first in the African market, and the gains were strong, with a year-on-year increase of 42%. On the one hand, the performance of Chinese smart phone brands in the African market is equally surprising.

In addition to Samsung’s number one ranking, the combined market share of Chinese manufacturers such as Tecno, iTel and Infinix has reached 38%, exceeding Samsung's 23%.

It is worth mentioning that among the top five brands in shipment volume, we have seen an interesting figure, that is, Huawei. In the first quarter of this year, Huawei’s performance in the African market was slightly smaller than that of the same period of last year by 3%. Drop, but still have 7% market share.

Huawei recently released an ultra-cheap mobile phone called Huawei Y3 in Africa, which has been sold in South Africa, Ghana and other countries. The phone is relatively low-end, with a screen resolution of 854X480, a 5-inch screen, and a quad-core MediaTek processor. , Memory is 1GB, Flash memory is 8GB, Configure 8MP main camera, 2MP self-timer, Battery capacity is 2280mAh. Also this HUAWEI mobile phone uses Google specifically for the Asian-African region launched a lightweight version of the operation System 'Android GO'.