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China’s overall smartphone increase by 9% in Q1 of 2021: Report
On May 4, Digitimes Research has published a data report of total shipped smartphones in the first quarter of 2021 in the Chinese market. It reports shows an overall increase of 9% and 99.6% during the year.
Following the report, Oppo leads China’s market, followed by Vivo, Xiaomi, Huawei, and Apple. However, Huawei smartphone shipment continued to shrink in the first quarter excluding Honor. Due to component shortage, the Chinese tech giant lagging behind in terms of new product launches.
The top five smartphones brand Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, Huawei, and Apple have accounted market share of 91.8% and if we include Honor then the total share will 98% of the market.
The Digitime research team speculated that the overall smartphone shipment market will fall 19.3% in the second quarter from the previous quarter in China.
On the other hand, at the end of April, Canalys also published the smartphone shipment report of Q1 of 2021 for China that shows the same results as Digitimes. Additionally, it mentions that the Chinese market is recovering after a one-year global pandemic crown.
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