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Apple made the top 5 best-selling smartphones of 2021, Galaxy A12 came in at number 6
Apple dominated the best-selling smartphones list in 2021, capturing seven of the ten spots. Galaxy A12 was the best-selling Android phone.
Apple made seven of the ten best-selling smartphones of 2021, according to Counterpoint's latest Global Monthly Handset Model Sales Tracker. Out of the three Android smartphones that made the cut, two were from Xiaomi and one from Samsung.
Want to import a phone to the U.S.? Here's why you should reconsider
If you want to buy a phone that isn't sold in the U.S., your have to import it. But doing so carries a lot of risk you need to be aware of.
It seems like every time someone in the United States reviews a phone, half of the comments on the article, video, whatever, will be about how expensive the phone is. They'll say something like "in Europe, no one would buy this phone. We can get a Xiaomi that does the same stuff for half the price!"
Xiaomi becomes the top smartphone brand globally despite having no US presence
Xiaomi became the #1 smartphone brand globally in June 2021, despite having no US presense. The company took the second spot in Q2 2021.
Xiaomi is having one hell of a year. The company recently dethroned Samsung in the European market to become the best-selling smartphone brand in Q2 2021. And now, it has achieved the same status globally, even though it doesn't operate in the US market.
Xiaomi reportedly overtook Samsung as the number 1 OEM in Europe in Q2 2021
Xiaomi saw significant growth in the European market in Q2 2021 and displaced Samsung to become the #1 OEM in the region.
Xiaomi is now the best-selling smartphone brand in Europe. According to a recent market study report from Strategy Analytics, the Chinese OEM overtook Samsung to take the top spot in Q2 2021. Although Xiaomi often tops the charts in markets like India, this is the first time the company has shipped more phones than Samsung in the European market.
Samsung's smartphone shipments in India grew 52% YoY in Q1 2021
The popularity of Samsung's new Galaxy A, M, and F series devices helped the company's smartphone shipments grow 52% (YoY) in India in Q1 2021.
While the smartphone market in India took a major hit in Q1 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest Market Monitor report from Counterpoint Research suggests that smartphone shipments grew by a significant margin in the first quarter of this year. Chinese OEM Xiaomi retained its top spot in the region thanks to the success of its budget-friendly Redmi 9 series, registering a moderate 4% YoY growth in the quarter. On the other hand, Samsung saw a tremendous jump in smartphone shipments over last year, with 52% YoY growth driven by its Galaxy A, Galaxy M, and Galaxy F series devices.
Xiaomi overtook Apple to become the third largest smartphone vendor in Q3
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi overtook Apple to become the world's third largest smartphone vendor in Q3 2020. Samsung regained top spot.
After briefly losing its pole position to Huawei in Q2 2020, Samsung has reclaimed its spot as the #1 smartphone vendor globally in Q3 2020. As per the latest smartphone market research reports from Counterpoint Research, IDC, and Canalys, the South Korean giant shipped close to 80 million smartphones in the quarter and captured a market share of around 22%. While Samsung's resurgence was expected, given the current state of affairs for Huawei, we weren't expecting to see Xiaomi overtake Apple to take the third spot on the list. Even though all three reports offer slightly different figures, the top four positions are consistent across the board with Samsung at the first spot, Huawei at the second, followed by Xiaomi, and then Apple.
Smartphones to become more expensive in India following tax increase
India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to raise the tax rate on smartphones and specified components. Read on to know more.
India’s Goods and Services Tax Council decided on Saturday to raise the tax rate on smartphones and specified components to 18%, a sharp 6% increase from the previous 12%. This hike will inevitably cause an increase in smartphone prices across all segments, and many fear it will have negative consequences on the growth of the Indian smartphone market.
IDC has released its report for the Indian smartphone market in Q3 2018. According to the company's Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the Indian smartphone market reached an all-time high of 42.6 million-unit shipments in 3Q18, growing 9.1% year-over-year. IDC states that this is the first time when the smartphone market is at par with the feature phone market, with each market contributing 50% to the overall mobile phone market (previously, feature phone shipments were higher than smartphone shipments in India).