Gartner: Global smartphone shipments down 2.7% in Q1, Apple sells 10M fewer units

Yordan, 29 May 2019

Smartphone shipments kept falling in the first quarter of the year according to the latest Gartner report. The global total is down 2.7% on a yearly basis and declined 8.65% sequentially.

Company	Q1 2019 (in thousands)	Q1 2019 Market Share	Q1 2018 (in thousands)	Q1 2018 Market Share
Samsung	71,621.1	19.2%	78,564.8	20.5%
Huawei	58,436.2	15.7%	40,426.7	10.5%
Apple	44,568.6	11.9%	54,058.9	14.1%
Oppo	29,602.1	7.9%	28,173.1	7.3%
vivo	27,368.2	7.3%	23,243.2	6.1%
Others	141,405.2	37.9%	159,037.1	41.5%
Total	373,001.4	100%	383,503.9	100%

Samsung shipped about 10% fewer units, but still maintains its top position. However, the Huawei and Apple switched and now the Chinese manufacturer is behind its Korean competitor with a massive 44% increase, compared with Q1 2018.

Huawei's numbers are sure to drop in the current quarter, though, following the US ban, but we'll have to wait and see the magnitude of the decrease.

Gartner: Global smartphone shipments down 2.7% in Q1, Apple sells 10M fewer units

While the USA-China trade war is hurting Huawei, two other smartphone manufacturers in Top 5 gain a bit of share along with improved sales numbers. Oppo and vivo snatched a slightly bigger chunk of the market pie at the expense of other companies.

Xiaomi did not make it into the Top 5 by the slightest of margins - 27.2 million placed them sixth, or first of the rest.

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Reader comments

Vegetaholic
18 Jun 2019
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Nokia :D Nokia has maybe few percent shair as their phones are behind competition in price and features

regs
02 Jun 2019
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