Recently, the market research organization Trendforce announced the global smartphone market share data for the first quarter of 2018, and forecasted the share of the second quarter. Among them, in the first quarter of 2018, Samsung’s market share was 21.4%. In the second quarter, this figure dropped to 20.4%, but Samsung still sits firmly on the throne of the world's largest factory.
Apple’s market share in the first quarter was 16.4%, and it was expected to fall to 11.4% in the second quarter, ranking third. Huawei, which was originally ranked third in the first quarter, had a share of 11.7%, and will reach the second quarter. It rose to 12.0%, surpassing Apple's number two in the world, and a difference of about 8% from Samsung.
The fourth, fifth and sixth vendors were OPPO, Xiaomi and vivo. Among them, OPPO’s share in the second quarter was 9.2%, which was 1% higher than the 8.2% in the first quarter. Xiaomi’s second quarter’s share was 8.5. %, which is 0.6% higher than the 7.9% in the first quarter. What needs special attention is that Vivo rose from the first quarter's share of 5.7% to 8.0% in the second quarter, which is a 2.3% increase. The potential is huge and the share from Xiaomi is only 0.5%.
According to Trendforce’s estimation, due to the fierce competition from domestic manufacturers, Samsung’s mobile phone shipments have been affected. Apple has only routinely updated the iPhone 8 series for nearly two quarters, and many consumers are waiting for it. The company's new machine to be released on Q3 will also experience a weak sales period.
Huawei reportedly shipped 39.93 million units and 4.321 million units in Q1 and Q2 respectively. It is believed that the three-shots of Leica's P20 series will have a big impact on overseas markets. In addition, the glory of the new three flagships and the playing system is also A force that cannot be ignored.
Not long ago, Huawei had just come up with this year's 'appetizer' GPU Turbo technology, which has enabled Huawei's mobile phone performance to increase by 60%, and its game performance has greatly increased. It has embarrassed everyone and has won users' cheers. Presumably Huawei is in Q2 and Sales of Q3 should be improved to prepare for full catch up with Apple.
