According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell 4 percent annually to reach 330 million units in Q1 2019. Global smartphone shipments are showing signs of stabilizing and the outlook is improving for later this year. Samsung maintained first position with 22 per cent global smartphone market share in the first quarter of 2019, staying ahead of Huawei in second, followed by Apple in third place.

Linda Sui, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Global smartphone shipments dipped 4 percent annually from 345.4 million units in Q1 2018 to 330.4 million in Q1 2019. The global smartphone market has declined again on an annual basis, but the fall was less severe than before, and this was the industry’s best performance for three quarters. Global smartphone shipments are finally showing signs of stabilizing, due to relatively improved demand in major markets like China. The outlook for later this year is improving.”

Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “Samsung shipped 71.8 million smartphones worldwide in Q1 2019, dipping 8 percent annually from 78.2 million units in Q1 2018. Samsung remains the world’s number one smartphone vendor, but it is coming under growing pressure from Huawei, who has a larger presence in the huge China market. Huawei surged 50 percent annually and outgrew all major rivals to ship 59.1 million smartphones worldwide during Q1 2019, up from 39.3 million in Q1 2018. Huawei captured a record 18 percent global smartphone market share in Q1 2019. Huawei is closing in on Samsung and streaking ahead of Apple, due to its strong presence across China, Western Europe and Africa.”

Woody Oh, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “Apple iPhone shipped 43.1 million units to capture 13 percent global smartphone market share in Q1 2019, dipping from 15 percent a year ago. Apple lost ground in China during the quarter and is struggling to make headway in price-sensitive India. However, decent price cuts in China and India during recent weeks indicate the iPhone will bounce back slightly in those two countries in the next quarter.”

Linda Sui, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “Xiaomi returned to fourth place, capturing 8 percent global smartphone market share in Q1 2019, broadly at the same level from a year ago. Xiaomi is very strong in India, but it is struggling in China. OPPO held the fifth position with 8 percent global smartphone market share during the quarter, rising from 7 percent a year earlier. OPPO is now expanding hard into Western Europe, with new models like the Reno 5G, and this should help OPPO’s worldwide presence to improve in the coming months.”

Exhibit 1: Global Smartphone Vendor Shipments and Marketshare in Q1 2019

SOURCE: https://brandspurng.com/2019/05/02/global-smartphone-sales-down-4-in-q1-to-330-million-report/

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Buhari

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BlacSmit:
Buhari don make Nigerians stop dey use phone. The ones wey still dey use no see money buy airtime... How global sales no go fall??

Buhari na recession. #US #UK #FBI #DIA #UN #CIA #BBB make una take note

you obsessed with buhari

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Topmaike007:
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Some people will still run mad because of Buhari

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Some people will still run mad because of Buhari

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BlacSmit:
Buhari don make Nigerians stop dey use phone. The ones wey still dey use no see money buy airtime... How global sales no go fall??

Buhari na recession. #US #UK #FBI #DIA #UN #CIA #BBB make una take note

I'm pretty sure Buhari is the reason you're still breathing.

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Your Cup of tea..

there have not been new invention. only recycled invention. until a new invention happened in the smartphone world. they will continue to be a decline in sales.

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Moreover, the market is already saturated as more people are using their phone longer.

And secondly, innovations in phones has dropped too as producer results to rec-lying same phones over the years esp. China.

3year is enough for an average person to change phone. My next phone should come with 5G.

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