Xiaomi India has just announced its latest milestone on social media. In the online post, the company stated that it has become the world’s leading brand for 5G android smartphones.

The Chinese tech giant shared the news through its official Twitter handle and cited Strategy Analytics as its source. The tweet even shared an image posted that stated that the brand was the World’s No. 1 5G Android Smartphone Brand while also adding that it had a 25.7 percent market share in the second quarter of this year. As per the report from Strategy Analytics, the company shipped 24 million 5G enabled smartphones during this quarter through its Mi and Redmi brands.

Furthermore, the report added the launch of affordable 5G smartphones helped Xiaomi get the lead in the market and better compete against other brands. Strategy Analytics stated that “Xiaomi’s performance places it closely behind Samsung, which has shipped an impressive 77 million 5G smartphones worldwide over the previous 10 quarters. Samsung shipped the world’s first 5G smartphones, beginning in Q1 2019.” Following Xiaomi, Vivo arrives second with a 18.5 percent market share, Oppo arrives third with 17.9 percent, while Samsung and Realme came in fourth and fifth with 16.7 percent and 5.9 percent respectively.

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Notably, we had just recently reported that the Chinese brand Vivo lead the 5G smartphone market in the Asia Pacific region. During this time, it had a 20 percent market share in the region while Xiaomi had a 19.3 percent market share. So while Vivo lead the market in Asia Pacific, Xiaomi saw greater success in various overseas markets.

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The global smartphone shipments are expected to reach 650 million units in the first half of this year, with the first and second quarter likely registering double digit growth year on year.

According to a DigiTimes report, the overall shipments for handsets in 2021 will rise by 6.4 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 1.32 billion units. Furthermore, the market leaders for the first half of 2021 will include Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo, in the top 5 spots. These tech giants are expected to have seen ‘robust’ growth in the first half, with Xiaomi in particular nearly doubling its shipments year on year.

The report further added that it is projected that the 5G smartphone shipments will reach around 500 to 520 million units in 2021. This would mark a significant surge of about 70 to 80 percent over last year. Notably, the Cupertino based vendor, Apple, is expected to lead this segment of the market. On the other hand, the foldable handset segment is also expected to reach 18 to 20 million units this year.

While South Korea’s Samsung is projected to hold the top spot in this category, its market share in this segment is expected to fall below 40 percent this year. Keep in mind, this is just a market projection at the moment. However, it does offer an interesting look at how the smartphone market is recovering post the Coronavirus pandemic that caused the industry to slow down back in 2020.

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Despite the myriad of challenges the US is throwing Huawei‘s way, the Chinese company has continued to blaze the trail in terms of smartphone market share. Research firm TrendForce project that the Chinese company will lead the 5G smartphone market this year against all odds.

5G development has been rapid in China due to the government’s aggressive approach in proliferating 5G base stations and network coverage across the country. Thus, 5G rolled out in China earlier than in other countries. This also resulted in Chinese smartphone manufacturers releasing 5G phones earlier than competitors. Chinese OEMs hold a 75% share in the global 5G smartphone market in 1H20.

TrendForce indicates that, aside from the various Android-based smartphone brands, Apple’s new models will also join the ranks of 5G smartphones. Given the total smartphone production forecast of 1.24 billion units in 2020, 5G handset production is expected to reach 235 million units, an 18.9% penetration rate.

Chinese brands are expected to occupy four out of the top six spots of 5G smartphone brands ranked by production volume. An analysis of the projected top six smartphone brands ranked by 5G smartphone production volume shows Huawei firmly sitting in the first place. Huawei has shifted its focus to the domestic Chinese market under the impact of U.S. sanctions and in preparation for China’s active 5G commercialization efforts. The company is expected to produce about 74 million 5G smartphones this year.

Apple’s yearly 5G smartphone production is expected to total about 70 million units in 2020, which lands the company in second place. However, 5G functions will increase the production cost of smartphones accordingly. If Apple decides to directly reflect this added cost on the retail prices of the iPhone 12 series, it may lower its consumers’ willingness to purchase, in turn affecting the sales performances of the new iPhones.

Samsung has been experiencing setbacks in the Chinese market in recent years. Although these setbacks have not seriously affected its global market share and revenue, they have considerably slowed Samsung’s growth in the 5G smartphone market. Samsung’s 5G smartphone production this year is forecasted at 29 million units, placing the company in third place globally. Vivo, OPPO (including OnePlus, OPPO, and Realme) and Xiaomi are tied for fourth place.

As Huawei’s aggressive domestic expansion in the past few years has compressed the market shares of the three brands in the Chinese market, they have been actively focusing on increasing overseas market shares to maintain their yearly production performances. Vivo, OPPO, and Xiaomi’s yearly 5G smartphone production volumes are projected to reach about 21 million, 20 million, and 19 million units, respectively.

Mid-to-low end 5G chipsets released by AP suppliers are expected to raise the penetration rate of 5G smartphones in 2021. MediaTek is expected to lead this push with the company rumoured to announce its low-end 5G chipset later this month.

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