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Canalys recently announced smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2024. SAMSUNG returned to the first place, followed by APPLE and Xiaomi in second and third place, but the fourth place was actually Q…
According to a report by Canalys, due to the hot sales of the Galaxy S24 series, SAMUSNG returned to the first place in global smartphone shipments in 2024 Q1 with 20%. Apple ranked second with 16% market share. As for the third 14% Xiaomi. However, the focus of this report is that in addition to SAMUSNG returning to the first place, the fourth place is no longer vivo and OPPO, but the Transsion mobile phone with Africa Star, which ranked first in global smartphone shipments in Q1 2024 with 10%. Four.
Transsion specializes in smartphones under $100. It has avoided the fiercely competitive Asia-Pacific, American and European markets, moved to undeveloped third world countries, and created personalized mobile phones based on African regions, becoming the brand with the highest market share in Africa. Compared with the same period last year, Samsung’s market share in Q1 2024 dropped by 2%, Apple’s market share in Q1 2024 dropped by 5%, while Xiaomi and Infinix’s market share in Q1 2024 increased by 3% and 4%. . (Source: Canalys)