Analysts from IDC have published a report on shipments of smartphones in the third quarter of 2020.
What did they say?
Total shipments reached 353.6 million units. This is 1.3% less than for the same period in 2019. According to IDC, the result is not bad, considering that forecasts indicated a decrease of 9%.
Samsung is still the leader. Its market share was 22.7%. The Korean manufacturer managed to ship 80.4 million devices. This is 2.9% more than in Q3 2019.
The second position in the top is occupied by Huawei, supplieswhich fell by 22% (51.9 million devices). The company's market share is 14.7%. Xiaomi took third place on the list. She managed to beat Apple and take 13.1% of the market. The Chinese company shipped 46.5 million smartphones in the third quarter. This is 42% more than last year. Next comes Apple and vivo with market shares of 13% and 8.4%, respectively.
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