Counterpoint: Global smartphone sales declined by 8% in Q3

17 October 2023
Samsung retained its spot as the leading global smartphone player, followed by Apple and Xiaomi.

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Anonymous, 17 Oct 2023the market is obiviously saturated. No need to buy a new ph... moreForce them to get into farming or factory or construction related work.
Their bore feeling will go away very soon when they will fail to earn 100 USD in a month by doing those work.
When money is cheap, not everyone but some people goes for unnecessary shoppings.
It's their behaviour and only force can change that like those farmers, factory and construction workers are forced to live.

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    • 18 Oct 2023

    Anonymous, 17 Oct 2023I have a Samsung A52 with a headphone jack and micro sd. Wi... moreSalute to you cause probably this is the last phone you are going to use within those series.
    I don't think samsung will give those options on these series in future.
    If you really like to use wired headphones then you can buy usb-c headphones but microsd need to be sacrificed, or else buy something cool that uses usb-c port to access the sd card

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      • 18 Oct 2023

      Anonymous, 17 Oct 2023Here we go Nokia 2010 comment lol.You mean Xperia 1/V10 Mark 1/2/3/4/5 comment?

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        • 18 Oct 2023

        pelmenitos, 17 Oct 2023Get usb c to 3.5mm if you MUST have wires... move on maybe?... moreThat's the good thing with the 3.5mm port. It did not stop you from using the wireless earbuds you have. Critics act like a small round hole will interfere with heir TWS.

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          • 18 Oct 2023

          hs1, 17 Oct 2023In the rush for profit, smartphones have become too expensi... moreTrue. And next year, the year-on-year fall will be even greater.

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            • 18 Oct 2023

            Overpriced products = No buy
            It seems logical !

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              • 17 Oct 2023

              hs1, 17 Oct 2023In the rush for profit, smartphones have become too expensi... more1000% right especially after covid 19.

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                • 17 Oct 2023

                Anders, 17 Oct 2023Samsung's desperate attempt to turn themselves into iP... moreHere we go Nokia 2010 comment lol.

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                  • 17 Oct 2023

                  Wow, didn’t know that Oppo and Vivo were so big in the smartphone business ...

                    Anonymous, 17 Oct 2023I have a Samsung A52 with a headphone jack and micro sd. Wi... moreGet usb c to 3.5mm if you MUST have wires... move on maybe? Never liked those wires tangling everywhere.
                    I have a52 aswell and I never used the 3.5mm

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                      • 17 Oct 2023

                      nothing stay forever one day all these big names going to declined this the life.

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                        • 17 Oct 2023

                        2030 - global smartphone sales declined by 30%. Who cares.

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                          • 17 Oct 2023

                          -Trix-, 17 Oct 2023” Samsung led the market but declined YoY to reach its lowe... moreIt's not a case of Samsung or Apple for me, it's the best specs any Android has for me
                          I have never used or bought an iPhone nor intend to too many restrictions.

                          Every year every Android releases the latest flagship, however improvements are only marginal over the previous year release.

                          The better the specs the less frequency upgrades are needed

                          I like some of the foldable merely because of the laptop feature they offer, I am not going to pay the premium for essentially the just display,

                          There are not going to be new features that mean I need to upgrade every two years.
                          Any new feature over a two year old phone, I probably would use infrequently.

                          Apple has the slogan the best iPhone ever, sadly many people believe them and fuel the growth.

                            Anonymous, 17 Oct 2023People are starting to see that phones are the same every yearAny 300-400 phone does 90% of *everything* as good as any flagship.
                            People then pay another 700-800 on top of those 400 to have those extra 10%...

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                              • 17 Oct 2023

                              Anders, 17 Oct 2023Samsung's desperate attempt to turn themselves into iP... moreI have a Samsung A52 with a headphone jack and micro sd. Will be my last Samsung until they add the headphone jack back in to the A50 or A70 series.

                                -Trix-, 17 Oct 2023” Samsung led the market but declined YoY to reach its lowe... moreSamsung's desperate attempt to turn themselves into iPhone by removing the headphone jack, microSD, FM radio and horribly crippling the non-Ultra S models has just made people buy actual iPhones instead.

                                This was inevitable to anyone with critical thinking abilities. Sadly, most people do not possess this ability

                                  ” Samsung led the market but declined YoY to reach its lowest quarterly level in the last decade.”

                                  Will this be historical year where Apple beats Samsung in overall smartphone sales for the whole year. It’s getting very close, it’s all about Q4 which is Apple strongest Q yearly.

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                                    • 17 Oct 2023

                                    mawlki, 17 Oct 2023from the article: "Honor, Huawei and Transsion Group (... moreso why didn't xiaomi lie?

                                      from the article: "Honor, Huawei and Transsion Group (Tecno, Infinix, itel) were the only brands that saw positive YoY growth during the Q3 period while all of the top-five major brands (sans Apple ) 》Apple still 9% shrink.《 experienced double-digit declines on the yearly basis."



                                      Chinese government cooking the books so this "growth" is, well anything you like.
                                      Look at thier ghost cities. Numbers from china .

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                                        • 17 Oct 2023

                                        In the rush for profit, smartphones have become too expensive, while the people have become poorer. And this is the result.

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