Earlier today (28th January 2022), a new report revealed some interesting information regarding the China smartphone market in 2021. While we have already reported on smartphone brand rankings previously, the latest information shares more details regarding the overall market.
According to an ITHome report, a known analytics based firm Canalys revealed that the smartphone market in Mainland China barely saw any growth last year. The report adds that the Chinese market had a rough road in 2021 with a number of ups and downs. While the first quarter of last year, saw aggressive expansion from various brands, the second and third quarters saw a slight cool down. By the fourth quarter, growth had further declined, recording just 3 percent year on year.
All in all, the overall smartphone shipments in the region hit 333 million units, which marked a barely noticeable rise of 1 percent over the previous year. On the other hand, comparing this figure to the pre pandemic 2019 market, the market fell by more than 10 percent. Thanks to the launch of the iPhone 13 series, Apple took the lead as it shipped 21.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021 alone. As per our previous report, the Cupertino based giant had a 23 percent market share in China.
Furthermore, Oppo (including OnePlus) ranked second with 14.3 million smartphones being shipped while Honor followed close behind with 14.2 million units. Xiaomi and Vivo took the fourth and fifth spots respectively with 13.5 million and 13.4 million smartphones units being shipped in the fourth quarter of 2021. But while Q4 was in Apple’s favor, Vivo, Oppo, and Xiaomi took the top three spots in China in terms of annual market share. Vivo and Oppo held a 21 percent share, while Xiaomi accounted for 15 percent.
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