Original title: the decline in the global smartphone market share of iPhone in the first quarter was overtaken by Huawei
On May 29, Beijing time, according to the comparison of Gartner's latest research, smartphone sales in the United States and China decreased by 15.8% and 3.2% respectively. In the quarter of March this year, the share of Apple's iPhone in the global smartphone market fell to 11.9%, compared with 14.1% in the first quarter of 2018, and the sales volume fell from 54.1 million to about 44.6 million.
Meanwhile, Samsung's share fell from 20.5% to 19.2%, but still ranked first; Huawei's smartphone market share rose from 10.5% to 15.7%, surpassing apple, ranking second, with a sales volume of 58.4 million units. The share of oppo and vivo increased from 7.3% and 6.1% to 7.9% and 7.3% respectively.
Gartner said that by 2023, folding screen phones are expected to account for 5% of the high-end smartphone market, about 30 million.