TrendForce: Apple Ranks # 1 in Smartphone Shipments in Q4 segment. This was reported in the report of the analytical company TrendForce.
According to experts, in the third quarter of the year Samsung remained the market leader, with a share of 21.2 percent. The second position is occupied by Apple with a share of 15.9 percent, the third – Oppo, which received 15.7 percent. Chinese manufacturers Xiaomi and Oppo follow, with shares of 13.7 and 10.5 percent, respectively.
Analysts predict that thanks to the Christmas sales and consumer interest in the iPhone 13 lineup, Apple will come out on top by the end of the year for the supply of smartphones. In this case, Samsung will take the second position, the rest of the brands will remain in the same places.
TrendForce sources also reported that in the first half of 2022 Apple will strengthen its position in the segment of low-cost smartphones. Insiders pointed out that the company will release a compromise iPhone SE phone that will receive 5G support. According to experts, the American IT giant will release about 30 million iPhone SEs in 2022.
In mid-November, TrendForce experts suggested that the smartphone market would return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022. The main drivers of growth are the large number of consumers who are going to upgrade their device and the market recovery from the effects of the lockdown.