It is worth noting that Samsung and Apple, which rank among the world’s largest and second-largest suppliers, jointly included more than one-third of the total smartphone shipments in 2017, totaling 1.5 billion; rankings are in This was followed by a series of Chinese brands, including Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, Lenovo, ZTE, TCL, Gionee, and LeEco/Coolpad.
IC Insights statistics show that global smartphone shipments grew by 1% in 2017, from 1.49 billion in 2016 to 1.5 billion; the agency forecasts that smart phone shipments in 2018 will grow by 2%. 1.53 billion units. It is estimated that the market will continue to grow in single digits by 2021.
IC Insights anticipates that newly emerging Chinese brands such as Huawei, OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi will pose a great threat to the market share of Samsung and Apple; however, in the high-end product market, the price is more than US$200. The models - these two leading brands will still dominate.
The IC Insights report also pointed out that the OPPO and Vivo, which rank as the fourth and fifth largest smartphone suppliers, are in fact the same parent company of BBK Electronics. The total shipments of the two mobile phone brands in 2017 were 213.1 million units. Only 2.7 million fewer than the second-largest apple.
Compilation: Judith Cheng