The world smartphone sell-through charges have declined by 8% in the course of the July-September interval in comparison with values from the identical interval final yr. The newest report from Counterpoint suggests slower client demand is the principle issue in the dwindling sales. The market did see a slight 2% progress in Q3 in comparison with Q2, seemingly pushed by final month’s iPhone 15 collection launch.
Samsung retained its spot because the main world smartphone participant with an estimated 20% of whole sales in Q3. Samsung’s Galaxy A-series was the important thing driver for the South Korean model. Apple got here in second with 16% of the market whereas Xiaomi rounded out the highest three with its 12% share. Oppo (10%) and vivo (8%) had been the remaining manufacturers in the highest 5 charts.
Honor, Huawei and Transsion Group (Tecno, Infinix, itel) had been the one manufacturers that noticed optimistic YoY progress in the course of the Q3 interval whereas all the top-five main manufacturers (sans Apple) skilled double-digit declines on the yearly foundation. Counterpoint analysts count on momentum from September to hold on to the This fall months with robust demand to finish off the yr in the course of the vacation interval.
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