In the past few days, Counterpoint Research released its Q3 2020 reports on various smartphone markets, including global. Now, the company has published an infographic highlighting the major happenings in the smartphone world during the third quarter.
According to the research firm, the Global Smartphone Market shipment declined 4% YoY in Q3 2020, however, it grew 32% QoQ. All in all, the entire market shipped 366 million units.
As for regional markets, the India Smartphone Market exceeded pre-COVID levels during this period. The market’s shipments reached 53 million units and therefore, it grew 9% YoY and 188% QoQ respectively.
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Talking about brands, Samsung not only led the Global Smartphone Market but also three out of the five major regional markets namely Europe, LATAM (Latin America), and MEA (Middle East & Africa). On the other hand, Huawei ranked first in Asia, whereas Apple topped in North America.
The South Korean electronics giant achieved this feat by shipping 80.4 million units. In fact, this number was the company’s highest-ever shipments in the last 3 years. As a result, the firm witnessed 3% YoY and 48% QoQ growths respectively.
Further, Xiaomi made it to the top 5 charts in three regions. The smartphone maker also surpassed Apple for the first time to obtain the third spot in the Global Smartphone Market with a 13% share and 75% QoQ growth.
Then, realme, which grew 132% QoQ in Q3, reached its milestone of 50 million shipments. Hence, it took over the mantle of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand.
Last but not least, Apple’s shipments declined 7% YoY in the third quarter of 2020. Because the company delayed the launch of the iPhone 12 series to Q4 this year.
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