Research firm reports that smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2020 are down 20% globally
Research firm Gartner has announced a release on the smartphone market movements in the first quarter of 2020. Due to the global epidemic of the new coronavirus, the number of sales has decreased by 20% compared to the same period last year.
Gartner Says Global Smartphone Sales Declined 20% in First Quarter of 2020 Due to COVID-19 Impact
According to Gartner, the number of smartphones sold worldwide in the first quarter of 2019 was 374,917 thousand units, but in the first quarter of 2020, it interrupted 300 million units and was 299,318,000 units. The rate of decrease is 20%.
Manufacturers with a large market share are no exception.Samsung, which has the largest market share, increased from 7.162 million units (19.1% share) in the first quarter of 2019 to 5.53 million units (18.5% share), and Huawei, which has the second largest share, also owns 58.43 million units ( The market share has decreased from 15.6%) to 42.49 million units (share 14.2%).
On the other hand, Apple in 3rd place decreased by 8.2% from 44.56 million units to 40.92 million units, showing a small decrease, and its share increased from 11.9% to 13.7%. Fourth-place Xiaomi increased its sales volume from 274.2 million units to 27.81 million units, and its share increased by 2 points from 7.3% to 9.3%.
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In addition, Apple said that it was off to a good start in 2020 due to the power of the new product lineup, Gartner Annette Zimmermann said, ``If there is no influence of the new coronavirus, sales will be a record number. Would have been there.'
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