Report: Global smartphone sales dropped 20% in Q1 because of COVID-19

01 June 2020
Samsung and Huawei sold the most devices in this quarter, but not after seeing over 20% declines Year over year.

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drops because of punch holes :D

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    • Bruh
    • SbP
    • 02 Jun 2020

    What do they expect anyways ?
    They bring all the overpriced last gen trash to the West
    then introduce new gen in China which is cheaper + better specs
    & expect me to buy that shiz hahaha
    maybe 30% will, but the rest gets either I Trashphone with Moms credit card or is informed enough not to buy shit...

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      • ScampMichael
      • gVV
      • 02 Jun 2020

      Covid not the problem. Everyone's holding out for the pixel 4a.

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        • Krak
        • dPU
        • 02 Jun 2020

        Anonymous, 02 Jun 2020No one should buy a new phone this year.. Let's stopSome people actually need a new device.

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          • Anonymous
          • XRg
          • 02 Jun 2020

          Samsung as usual no.1
          Huawei doing well despite its unavailability in several countries.
          iGarbage as usual has meagre 13% marketshare compared to Android.

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            • Anonymous
            • YQQ
            • 02 Jun 2020

            No one should buy a new phone this year.. Let's stop

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              • Anonymous
              • Scq
              • 02 Jun 2020

              Anonymous, 02 Jun 2020You are making absolutely zero sense. Sale-to-end-user num... moreCounterpoint actually have exactly same number for Apple than what Gartner got, it just depends how the data is collected, that's why the numbers can be more or less with different research data.

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                • Anonymous
                • nDM
                • 02 Jun 2020

                Anonymous, 02 Jun 2020You are making absolutely zero sense. Sale-to-end-user num... moreMostly sales are smaller then shipments, but Apple's are the same more or less as the counterpoint research said. You make 0 sense now where is +20%?
                https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-smartphone-shipments-plummet-300mn/

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 70d
                  • 02 Jun 2020

                  When
                  Samsung/Apple smartphone sales dropped
                  People : because It suck

                  Global smartphone sales dropped
                  People : because of COVID-19

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 7xc
                    • 02 Jun 2020

                    Anonymous, 02 Jun 2020This are shipments to end users aka sales. The other ones a... moreYou are making absolutely zero sense. Sale-to-end-user number should always be smaller than the shipment number. But their data of Apple sale is overstated by ~20% in relative terms, how is that more accurate? Per your logic, Gartner has actually exaggerated Apple's sale number by a lot more than 20%, maybe 30%, in relative terms?

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                      • Anonymous
                      • nDM
                      • 02 Jun 2020

                      Anonymous, 02 Jun 2020Gartner's data is not consistent with that from four other ... moreThis are shipments to end users aka sales. The other ones are just shipments which do not mean all of that got in the hands of the consumers. So Gartner statistic is more accurate.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • J14
                        • 02 Jun 2020

                        MATE 30 PRO, 02 Jun 2020Can you imagine what Huawei sales would be like if it did n... moreHe will sit another 4 years. Biden is even worse than Hilary.

                          Can you imagine what Huawei sales would be like if it did not have the arbitrary and unfair ban by a US president, who has completely lost his papers in his own country and in the rest of the world? At least there are 5 months left to get him out.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7xc
                            • 02 Jun 2020

                            Gartner's data is not consistent with that from four other market research firms: Counterpoint, Canalys, IDC and Strategy Analytics. Apple's sale number is seriously overstated.