Huawei predicted biggest drop in smartphone sales in 2021

TrendForce analysts made a forecast for the smartphone market in 2021. They believe that Huawei will experience the biggest

sales decline and will not even enter the top six leading manufacturers.

In general, analysts are confident that the global marketsmartphone sales will grow in 2021 and recover from the pandemic. By the end of the year, experts expect 1.36 billion devices sold. This is 9% more than in 2020.

In terms of market trends, analysts expectgrowth in demand for 5G smartphones. They also forecast a record drop in Huawei's sales. According to analysts, the Chinese company will give way to Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo and even Transsion (a Chinese smartphone manufacturer) in 2021. That is, Huawei is predicting a fall from third to seventh in the global ranking of companies.