Recently, counterpoint has released an Indian smartphone shipment record of Q1 2021. According to the report, Xiaomi led the market in Q1 2021 with a 26% shipment share. It was reported that five out of the top 10 smartphone models in the country were from Xiaomi.
Meanwhile now, IDC announced the global smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2021, in which the Chinese tech giant Xiaomi gained the third position. The record further shows global smartphone manufacturers shipped 346 million units in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 25.5%.
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From a regional point of view, each region has shown strong growth momentum, and the highest growth comes from China and the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China and Japan), which account for about half of global shipments, contributing 30% and 28% year-on-year increase respectively.
Moreover, Samsung regained the number one position with 75.3 million units shipped and 21.8% market share, followed by Apple in second place. This is all because of the booming sales of the recently launched Galaxy S21 and iPhone 12.
IDC said that Huawei fell out of the top five for the first time in many years. Whereas the market shares of Xiaomi, OPPO, and Vivo have increased from the previous quarter. They have ranked third, fourth and fifth in the world with market shares of 14.1%, 10.8%, and 10.1% sequentially.
