SA: Huawei and Samsung are the winners in Q3 2019

Ro, 31 October 2019

After the Canalys report on the Q3 smartphone market from earlier today, now comes the one from Strategy Analytics. Both paint pretty much the same picture but with slightly different digits. One thing is for sure, though - the global smartphone market is finally showing signs of recovery after posting a 2% growth year-over-year - the first positive quarter since Q3 2017.

In Q3 2018, the global smartphone shipments were 359.8 million and now they are about 366.3 million. Strategy Analytics outlines two main driving factors - strong pricing competition and the gradual introduction of 5G.

Smartphone market is recovering in Q3 2019, Huawei records 29% YoY growth

However, only Huawei and Samsung have recorded significant growth in the top 5 smartphone manufacturers ranking. Samsung has grown 8% and Huawei is celebrating a staggering 29% increase in sales compared to the same quarter last year.

Apple, on the other hand, continues to fall with 3% decline year-over-year and the same goes for Xiaomi and Oppo.

Samsung's good performance is largely due to its Galaxy Note10 lineup, which outsells its predecessor, the Galaxy Note9. The mid-range Galaxy A lineup shouldn't be overlooked too. In the end, the company claimed an impressive 21.3% market share with Huawei closing in with 18.2% - almost 4 percentage points increase annually.

Smartphone market is recovering in Q3 2019, Huawei records 29% YoY growth

This comes as a surprise considering the issues the company is facing with its suppliers following the US trade ban. Yet the company was able to offset those with an impressive performance in its home market.

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  • Anonymous
  • 04 Nov 2019
  • r2v

Apple, on the other hand, continues to fall with 3% decline year-over-year and the same goes for Xiaomi and Oppo. So Apple is below Huawei too what's your point!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
  • 04 Nov 2019
  • mE0

Lol, samsung cant even steal that many Huawei sales even tho they are banned hahahaha Samsung is really struggling, their cheap devices are helping them

Have you ever had Samsung stereo? I doubt.

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