Global Smartphone Market: Musical Chairs

The global smartphone market has been through a bumpy ride during
the last couple of years — US sanctions on Huawei, COVID-19,
ongoing component shortages and LG’s exit to name a few. Some
smartphone makers, such as Huawei, LG and Samsung, have been
impacted more than others by these events. At the same time,
Chinese smartphone makers like Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo and OnePlus
have benefited from the events by filling the void.


The US postpaid market is heavily dominated by Apple and Samsung,
whereas the prepaid market has players like Nokia HMD, Motorola
and Alcatel. LG’s exit from the market has opened opportunities
for others. Similarly, in the absence of Huawei, Xiaomi has been
dominating in Europe, driven by CIS markets. It also briefly
surpassed Samsung to become the top smartphone vendor globally.
OPPO, realme and vivo are also gaining share in Europe, China,
India and the SEA. The MEA market is also getting interesting
where Transsion Group’s TECNO, itel and Infinix are gaining
share.


In the latest episode of ‘The Counterpoint Podcast’, host Maurice
Klaehne is joined by senior analysts Harmeet Singhwalia and Aman
Chaudhary to discuss the changing dynamics of the global
smartphone market. The discussion deep-dives into different
regions, from the US to Europe, Asia, SEA and MEA, to highlight
the top smartphone vendors and their strategies.

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