Apple and Samsung dominate Q1 best-selling smartphones list in Europe
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- 03 Jun 2025
PureOS, 03 Jun 2025I don't agree with u. People in Europe rly look at the... moreWorked in mobile sales for years, both consumer and business. I can tell you without a doubt they do not.
We here are a minority. As long as a phone has a decent camera and a good battery they're happy
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- 03 Jun 2025
Ouifuf, 02 Jun 2025The battery thing just isn't true at all, most people ... moreI don't agree with u. People in Europe rly look at the specs.
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- 03 Jun 2025
where is Sony's €1500 1 VII. 😂😂😂
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- 02 Jun 2025
Berserker, 02 Jun 2025Zoom capabilities,quick share fluidity good lock and 14.6 i... moreI'm not an advanced user but know everything I need. And though I rarely customize my phone still one ui is very pleasant and fun to use. And tried other brands too. They mostly are boring and ugly. Or cool but with horrible software support.
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- 02 Jun 2025
no Chinese brand invests in selling outside China. they get what they invest. set up a reliable supply chain, get in the market. simple as that. Apple and Samsung may not innovate but, they sustain the contracts with reliable distributors. Chinese companies are so conservative that, they hire no multi-national employees. I professionally work with them. they lack communication skills. that is why they grow no new marketing vision for many years. so, there is no competition pressure at all.
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- 02 Jun 2025
AntonelPAPI, 02 Jun 2025As long as Chinese high-end products remain in China, this ... moreThey keep their main phones in China because they could not sell enough of them outside China to keep them available overseas.
Simple ..
Do you think vivo would keep their X Ultra as China exclusive if they were able to sell like 500.000 - 600.000 units outside China ?
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- 02 Jun 2025
Anonymous, 02 Jun 2025Samsung is the only brand I will buy. It was laggy mess but... moreZoom capabilities,quick share fluidity good lock and 14.6 inch ultra series are the things keeping me from jumping to another brand.
But samsung has lost it's moment and became to lazy.
Domination without competition in certain regions and old fame doesn't cut it anymore.
I've got older and I'm not into technology like I was before so I'm used to samsung software.
But I'm really interested about your opinions on how other brands stuck up against samsung.
Specifically quickshare equivalent and smart view functionality.
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- 02 Jun 2025
Ohh boy, here we go again 🙄
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- AntonelPAPI
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- 02 Jun 2025
As long as Chinese high-end products remain in China, this will continue! Google doesn't even bother, and Xiaomi sells quite a bit, but it doesn't reach the numbers of Apple and Samsung! What I'm going to say has been commented below, and it's completely true! 8 out of 10 people don't even know that Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, and others exist, except for the phone nerds who visit this site, like many others.
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- 02 Jun 2025
AdiCC, 02 Jun 2025Proof that Europeans prefer quality phones. I also want to ... moreProof that most Europeans don't know anything about it. I have a colleague who bought a new Xiaomi 14T Pro 12/512GB from Orange for €349 and he can lower the price even further with a mobile trade-in. Half the price and overall better than an iPhone 16e with quadruple the storage.
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- 02 Jun 2025
Samsung is the only brand I will buy. It was laggy mess but not anymore. Runs fine and has many features to play with. Tried iPhone as well but it was too simple and too basic.
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- 02 Jun 2025
Proof that Europeans prefer quality phones. I also want to buy an iPhone 16/16 Pro this year. I'm still thinking about which one to choose.
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- 02 Jun 2025
Anonymous, 02 Jun 2025Notice how there are more compact phones than large phones ... morenotice how the compact phones are cheaper!?! woah man that's a crazy idea!
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- 02 Jun 2025
Europe is like the fancy restaurant with only 3-4 items to serve it's customers rn 💀
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- 02 Jun 2025
Notice how there are more compact phones than large phones in this list (6 vs 4)
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- 02 Jun 2025
PureOS, 02 Jun 2025Chinese manufacturers lose pretty big piece of cake with do... moreThis. There are tons of reviews of people praising Vivo, Oppo, Oneplus etc, yet in a lot of places they are not even sold officially. In Hungary where I live we have the big trio:Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, apart from that we have Motorola, Honor, Google has also been trying lately, but that's about it.
A phone can be great but I'm pretty sure the vast majority will not go the extra mile to import it if not officially available. It's expensive, has all the hassle and in some cases a phone with a different region can have problems with software updates not arriving.
Also don't forget the fact that this site is visited by people who are interested in smartphones - like me - which is the only reason I even heard about some chinese brands, I would bet the vast majority of the average buyers in my country have never heard of Oppo, Vivo, Oneplus.
No surprise that neither Apple, nor Samsung feels any pressure to innovate as long as they can dominate most markets with not so great value devices. In the US it is even worse, there is even less competition and it is a very important market with a lot of people being able to afford expensive tech.
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- 02 Jun 2025
PureOS, 02 Jun 2025Chinese manufacturers lose pretty big piece of cake with do... moreits not battery now... its everything.. finger print sensor, display, charger - lite realme gt7
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- 02 Jun 2025
PureOS, 02 Jun 2025Chinese manufacturers lose pretty big piece of cake with do... moreThe battery thing just isn't true at all, most people don't look at specs. 99% of people in Europe don't know anything about these brands and don't care. They won't ever hear about these brands until someone they know or someone in a phone shop mentions them.
If they want a new phone they'll just gravitate towards what they know like Samsung and apple because they have no knowledge of the alternatives. And even if they did they still wouldn't swap because most people don't care, they want something better than what they have right now from either Samsung or Apple and that's it.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Jun 2025
I am pretty sure I read on all of these gadget blogs that the 16e was a massive success, proven by these usual fairy tale numbers? What happened? Looks like it is more likely to be Apple's last early-year launch.