Samsung controls 74% of the 5G mobile market
IHS Markit report indicates Samsung's absolute control of 5G phones worldwide in the third quarter.
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Samsung controls 74% of the 5G mobile market |
IHS Markit study stated that Samsung imposed its control over the fifth generation smart phone market during the third quarter of 2019, and this comes after the company shipped about 3.2 million phones during that period out of the total 4.3 million phones launched by all companies around the world.
Samsung's superiority comes as a boost to its superiority in the second quarter, which saw the start of the launch of the fifth generation phones, which saw the sale of 1.5 million phones.
The apparent superiority is attributed to the sales of the Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G, which contributed about 1.6 million of the company's total sales in this market, along with the mid-range A9 5G phone and the foldable company phone, Galaxy Fuld.
With these sales, the Korean company has taken over 74% of the 5G smartphone market worldwide, by a wide margin.
But despite this apparent superiority, this represents a retreat from the second quarter, which saw Samsung dominate 83% of the fifth-generation market, as it witnessed the entry of LG, Xiaomi, and Opo at that time, but with the third quarter companies like Vivo are trying Strongly enter the market.
LG followed by Chinese companies led by Vivo
The other Korean LG ranked second in the market by 10%, shipping 300 thousand phones in the second quarter and 400 thousand in the third.
While Chinese Vivo attached it to the third position by selling 400 thousand phones in the third quarter only, which saw the beginning of its entry into the fifth generation market.
As for Huawei, it ranked in the fourth in terms of its share in the fifth-generation phones market by charging about 100 thousand phones in the third quarter and by 3%, followed by OPO, which sold 100,000 phones during the third quarter, then Xiaomi came with the same sales, but its share was less than During the achievement of 2% of sales.
It is noteworthy that the fifth generation networks have started late in China, so the fourth quarter of 2019 may witness major changes.
