Apple Raked in Maximum Smartphone Revenue in Q1 2021, Samsung Led in Shipments: Counterpoint

The hottest Counterpoint Investigate global smartphone shipments report for Q1 2021 is out and it promises that smartphone shipments income crossed the $one hundred billion mark for the very first time for a March-ending quarter to reach $113 billion. The whole global shipments grew 20 percent YoY, reaching 354 million models. Apple led the income segment with 42 percent global smartphone OEM income share. In shipments, Samsung continued to lead with 21.7 percent global smartphone OEM shipments share. Samsung shipments attained 76.8 million models in Q1 2021.

Apple iPhone’s active mounted base attained a new significant this quarter, Counterpoint stories. The sturdy overall performance of the Apple iphone 12 collection assisted Apple to clock document very first-quarter income with 42 percent in global income share. Apple iphone income grew in double digits throughout all its geographic segments. When Apple’s income was the maximum in the global smartphone market, its cargo share stood at 16.8 percent.

Samsung led the global smartphone shipments market with 21.7 percent market share. It came in the 2nd location in the income share segment with seventeen.five percent stake, according to Counterpoint. Samsung’s development, equally in conditions of income and shipments, is mostly attributed to the achievements of its hottest Galaxy S21 collection. Samsung’s mid-conclude Galaxy A-collection was a further significant driver together with the niche foldable smartphone segment.

Counterpoint claims Xiaomi recorded smartphone shipments of 48.five million, majorly driven by marketplaces like China, India, Spain, Italy, Russia and Indonesia. Xiaomi raked in 13.7 percent of the global smartphone shipments market share, coming in the third posture guiding Samsung and Apple. In the global smartphone OEM income share segment, Xiaomi will come in the fifth posture with 7.6 percent stake.

Oppo shipped 38 million models globally, growing at a staggering 70 percent YoY. In the Counterpoint global smartphone shipments graph, Oppo sits on the fourth posture with 10.7 percent market share. Vivo‘s shipments grew by sixty four percent YoY to reach its maximum ever, 35.five million models, in Q1 2021 driven by development in China, in which it has attained leadership posture for the duration of the quarter. Vivo will come in fifth with 10 percent global smartphone shipments market share.


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