Research and consulting company Gartner has published information on global sales
Apple bypassed Samsung
According to the results of the fourth quarter of 2020, the leaderThe smartphone market became Apple, which bypassed the irreplaceable Samsung. Compared to the same period in 2019, Apple sold 10 million more iPhones and increased its share to 20.8%.
According to experts, success is associated with a large number of new models - in particular, with the release of the iPhone 12 line, which was the first to receive 5G support.
“Even though consumers remainedcautious in their spending and holding back on some discretionary purchases, 5G smartphones and pro camera features prompted some to buy new smartphones or upgrade their current smartphones this quarter,” said Anshul Gupta, senior research director at Gartner.
According to the study, Samsung, the closestcompetitor Apple sold 8 million fewer smartphones than a year ago, and according to the results of the fourth quarter, it occupied 16.2% of the market. In third place is Xiaomi (11.3%), which also managed to increase sales, and in fourth place is OPPO (8.9%). Huawei closes the top five (also 8.9%), whose sales continue to fall after the imposition of sanctions by the United States.
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However, overall global smartphone sales decreased by 12.5% in 2020.
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