Counterpoint: Global smartphone market recovers in 2024, premium segment grows the most

13 January 2025
Apple isn't doing so well, though.

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Anonymous, 14 Jan 2025It is okay if you want to have unrealistic wish. But, US... moreThis is why orange & sumsung lack of innovation bcause they don't need to innovate to get the money

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    • 14 Jan 2025

    Luuky1989, 14 Jan 2025Samsung marketing is really crazy. Every fifth phone on th... moreSorry to know you and few others, did not like our product.
    We will try harder.
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      That remaining 33% from "Others" companies are still worth it to be shown. Hope they'll show the Top 10 OEMs not just the same boring top 5 brands again and again lol

        Samsung marketing is really crazy.
        Every fifth phone on the street is from them...

        And at the same time, the price for value in Samsung phones is one of the lowest on the market. Especially seen in their middle and upper middle range.

        Everybody knows it, almost everybody has something from them at home. The people just arrived to some phone shop or provider, and sellers are go right at them with Samsungs.
        (I know, different ways of benefits to sellers, are mostly by Samsung...).

        I'm glad I don't belong to this group, and whoever asked me for advice on choosing a new phone doesn't either.

        In my family and with my relatives, you can only find Honor, Huawei, OnePlus and a couple of lower Xiaomi (when there was already a lot of pressure on the price...). Many of them also used Samsungs, but when I gave them advice or explained something, they were all very satisfied after the change.

        :)

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          • 14 Jan 2025

          Samsung is like a protagonist character with insane plot armor. Like they have been in the top 5 since the 2000s.

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            • 14 Jan 2025

            Anonymous, 14 Jan 2025It is okay if you want to have unrealistic wish. But, US... moreThat's why only Samsung is the real Apple competitor.

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              • 14 Jan 2025

              Anonymous, 13 Jan 2025I'm not a fanboy But I really hope Samsung become #3 ... moreIt is okay if you want to have unrealistic wish.

              But, USA will drop another sanction if any chinese brand dare enough to surpass Apple.

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                • 13 Jan 2025

                Anonymous, 13 Jan 2025Samsung feel they don't need to sell better midrange s... moreThey will start to worry whenever their Chinese major competitors will have the same presence worldwide.

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                  • 13 Jan 2025

                  Anonymous, 13 Jan 2025Samsung barely holding onto number 1, I think they'll ... moreSamsung feel they don't need to sell better midrange since most of the media will support samsung if compared to the red country product

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                    • 13 Jan 2025

                    Anonymous, 13 Jan 2025I'm not a fanboy but I hope Samsung will be number one... moreI'm not a fanboy
                    But I really hope Samsung become #3
                    So there will be a shake up in their management

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                      • 13 Jan 2025

                      I'm not a fanboy but I hope Samsung will be number one again.

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                        • 13 Jan 2025

                        Samsung barely holding onto number 1, I think they'll lose it this year due to refusal to upgrade the RAM of their phones to 16GB or big 6k mah batteries. Also their midrange offerings have been poor for quite some time.

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                          • 13 Jan 2025

                          I think it has nothing to do with pandemic, but people have phones for longer time, those that do yearly is a small market.

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                            • 13 Jan 2025

                            FF7, 13 Jan 2025Been this way for the last 6-7 years. I did pick up a se... moreCrazy.

                            Chinese flagship will literally not only compete with future S25 series, but also compete with the last 3 generation of Samsung flagship with far more cheaper price.

                            Not to mention, 1-year old S24 series still has longer software support than many newest chinese flagship.

                            Now i can understand, Samsung really did learn from Apple on how to increase flagship marketshare.

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                              • 13 Jan 2025

                              ls, 13 Jan 20252025 will be a year of the same, a game with colors and namesBeen this way for the last 6-7 years.

                              I did pick up a second hand Galaxy S23 yesterday for $150. It's blazing fast. Impressed with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 from 2 years ago. At least the Snapdragon SoCs have gotten better these last few years. We shall see what the Snapdragon 8 Elite brings.

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                                • 13 Jan 2025

                                2025 will be a year of the same, a game with colors and names

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                                  • 13 Jan 2025

                                  DarlingYext, 13 Jan 2025While it's clear that the two leaders have remained th... moreOppo marketshare here is the combination of Oppo OnePlus and Realme.

                                  I can imagine the main reason of declining marketshare of Oppo group was because the declining sales of Oneplus, because i believe many people in developing country still use cheap Oppo A series and Realme.

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                                    • 13 Jan 2025

                                    Samsung's market share is declining over the years.

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                                      • 13 Jan 2025

                                      Ouifuf, 13 Jan 2025Litteraly every other phone brand. Motorola, Google, zte, S... moreThats definitely not true. If you read the full report of any Counterpoint research report, Oppo OnePlus Realme are being put together under Oppo, also vivo marketshare is combination of vivo and iqoo.

                                      So, the other brand here could be motorola (lenovo group), google, sony, huawei, and other small brands.

                                        Ouifuf, 13 Jan 2025Litteraly every other phone brand. Motorola, Google, zte, S... moreI know, I want to know more details about the % market share of Pixel, Moto etc.