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Huawei captures over 50% of China’s 5G smartphone market in Q1 2020: IDC
In the first quarter of 2020, China’s smartphone market shipped around 66.6 million smartphones, with a Year-on-Year (YoY) increase of 20.3%. Huawei has come forth as the top smartphone seller for the Q1, shows data compiled by IDC.
According to IDC, Huawei shipped 28.4 million smartphone units and acquired a 42.6% market share compared to 29.7 million units + 35.5% market share in the same quarter last year.
The total yearly growth decline of Huawei recorded by -4.4% but the market share has increased by 7.1%. Meanwhile, other smartphone makers have declined significantly due to current market conditions.
5G:
In the first quarter of 2020, the Chinese 5G shipments of 5G mobile phones were approximately 14.5 million units, accounting for 21.8% of the overall market, with an increase of 64% from the previous quarter 2019.
In the 5G market, Huawei occupies more than half of the total 5G market share of 55.4%, followed by Vivo, Oppo, and Xiaomi.