with close to 2.8 billion users active, Android is by far the most popular mobile operating system in the world. And although Samsung is the leading manufacturer (it is responsible for more than 50% of worldwide sales) it has more than one competitor on the alert.
Samsung is sacrificing a few tenths of its market share in recent years and two Chinese manufacturers like Oppo and Vivo are cutting back, according to CasinosEnLigne.
Samsung’s market share in February this year, second AppBrainand from 34.6%. While Oppo and Vivo (10.5 and 10.1), which are the same company, add up 20.6% within the Android Market.
Xiaomi is the world’s second largest maker of Android devices, rising from 14.3% to 14.6%. According to statistics, Huawei now owns 6.4% of the Android market, while Motorola drops by 3.2%.
The Galaxy S family remains the best Android phone with market share of 7.4% in February and are the most popular models that the company has.
When viewed by patterns rather than lines, the Galaxy A12 it is the most popular among Android users, with a market share of 2.1%.
Performed by Galaxy A21 with a 1% share, the same as the Samsung Galaxy A10s, which ranks third. Samsung Galaxy A32 and Redmi 9A follow with a share of 0.9% each.
The ranking of the best-selling cell phones
In the last quarter of 2022, global smartphone shipments amounted to 301.5 million of units, which, according to Omdia, represents a decrease of 15.4% compared to the previous year.
Usually the last quarter of the year sees the highest number of shipments, but this year the trend has changed, with a disappointing and marginal decline of 0.7% compared to the previous quarter.
In fact, most of the major manufacturers posted significant negative year-on-year growth, with shipments declining by double digits.
Apple loses acceleration
As usual in the fourth quarter of each year, following the launch of the iPhone 14, Apple recorded the largest number of shipments: 74 million.
And while that’s a significant increase in 41.6% Compared to the third quarter of 2022 it fails to hide the 13.3% drop compared to the previous year.
Despite this year-over-year decline in shipments, Apple’s market share increased year-over-year from 24% to 25%. Which allowed it to surpass Samsung and Xiaomi, at least in the quarterly ranking.
“Apple was confident in strong demand for the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max and anticipated production peaking for these two models. However, the suspension of production at the Foxconn plant has put a damper on their plans,” says Jusy Hong, Senior Research Manager at Omdia.
In the table detailing the annual unit sales, Samsung continues to lead the positions with 256 million. Apple follows closely with 231 million, where the iPhone 12 and 13 lines continue to pull strongly. The jerk that pushed Xiaomi deflates to 152 million.
Oppo Group and vivo exchange fourth and fifth places, with 24 and 23 million respectively. The addition of the two brands amounts to 47 million. This figure is not helpful in reaching the top, even if it brings them closer to Apple’s 74 and Samsung’s 54.
Despite the good results obtained in Argentina, Motorola remains in ninth place with 11 million unitswithout changes compared to the previous quarter, but with a decrease of 10.4% compared to the previous year.
Its big rival is Huawei, which remains in tenth place despite a decline in shipments, registering 7.5 million units compared to 8.6 million in the previous quarter.
Mobile industry: winners and losers in 2022
In 2022, 1.207 million shipments were recorded. This represents a drop of 9.9% from the 1,340 million shipments recorded in 2021.
Honor was the only major manufacturer to post year-over-year growth, with 59 million in 2022 compared to 40 million in 2021. Apple and Motorola were the two manufacturers most resistant to the general downward trend, with small declines of 1 .3% and 1.4%. % respectively.
Samsung’s recorded final shipments in 2022 stood at 259 million, the most of any OEM, but still a 4.8 percent decrease from the 272 million recorded in 2021.
Hardest hit have been Chinese manufacturers, with Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo all seeing significant double-digit declines in shipments year-over-year.
Source: Clarin
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