Global Smartphone Rankings Reshuffled: Apple First, Huawei Third, Biggest Dark Horse Emerges

Global smartphone rankings reshuffled: Apple first, Huawei third, biggest dark horse born!

Entering February, some research institutions have released the latest reports on the smartphone market, simply put, the shipments and market share of phone brands. Recently, IDC also officially released such a report. Next, let's take a look at the latest rankings of global phone brands.

This is the Q4 2019 shipment volume and market share ranking released by IDC, among which Apple surpassed Samsung to become first, Samsung second, Huawei third, Xiaomi fourth, and OPPO fifth.

Regarding the latest Q4 2019 rankings, it can also be said to be a reshuffling of global phone brand rankings. For a long time, Samsung always ranked first, then Huawei second. This time, Apple became global first, Samsung became second, and Huawei third.

The specific shares are as follows: in Q4 2019, the top five global smartphone manufacturers were: Apple (20%), Samsung (18.8%), Huawei (15.2%), Xiaomi (8.9%), OPPO (8.3%). It is worth mentioning that in Q4 2019, only Apple, Xiaomi, and OPPO had positive year-over-year growth rates, among which Xiaomi was the biggest dark horse, with a year-over-year growth of 31.1%, accounting for 8.9% of global market share.

Speaking of the reasons for the sharp increase in Q4 shipments for Apple and Xiaomi, on Apple's side it was the hot sales of the iPhone 11 series. The iPhone 11 series was very popular in Europe and America. In addition, the 2018 iPhone XR also sold very well. As for Xiaomi, because Xiaomi's sales in overseas markets were excellent, it achieved very good sales in the Indian market and Western European market.

Regarding Xiaomi's performance in Q4 2019, Lei Jun also gave an evaluation and posted on Weibo. Lei Jun said that in 2020, Xiaomi will work even harder.

The above is the latest ranking of global phone brands. Friends in front of the screen, I wonder how everyone feels after reading it. You can chat about it in the comments section.