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Samsung holds third spot in African market in Q2 2021 with 12% market share
On August 04, famous market research firm Counterpoint Research released its latest report in the Africa smartphone market for the second quarter of 2021. The report shows smartphone sales in Africa have grown by 35% YoY but dropped by 3% QoQ in Q2 2021. This was the second-largest quarter in terms of unit sales.
Entering the MEA region, smartphone sales in the Middle East dropped slightly by 0.8% QoQ while Africa fell by 3.9% QoQ. But if you look at the YoY numbers, both regions have risen sharply, with the Middle East rising by 34% and Africa by 36%.
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If we talk specifically about Samsung, the company retained its top spot, but its market share dropped by 4% to 16% in Q2 2021. The company increased market spending earlier this year, which led to better performance in Q1. However, sales declined in Q2 due to production disruptions in Vietnam following COVID-19. We expect more difficulties at the beginning of Q3.
The Transsion brand, TECNO, itel, and Infinix, almost doubled their revenue collection from 16% to 32%, as they continued to control part of the lowest prices in Africa. In terms of pricing, the rest of the Transsion market for less than $ 100 has risen to the top of the $ 100- $ 200 range. This means itel, the official in the ultra-affordable segment, lost some share to TECNO and Infinix, which make smartphones with higher specs.
Xiaomi, OPPO, and Vivo have also benefited greatly from efforts to enter key markets in North Africa, as well as unfortunate for Huawei and HONOR, whose market share for the quarter has dropped to 2.2% from 8.2% per annum. the past. Infinix secured the third spot with 9% of the total market share and a 190% YoY growth.
Africa, on the other hand, is currently facing the toughest wave of COVID-19 on record. Governments, however, have not yet returned to the drastic closure measures seen in 2020.
Samsung remained the king in the Q2 2024 market, but Apple and Xiaomi are getting closer. IDC market research data shows that Samsung led the worldwide smartphone market in the second quarter of the year and Chinese brands scored rapid growth.
According to IDC, Samsung sold 53.9 million devices in the second quarter. The company occupied an 18.9% market share internationally. The company has slightly improved its sales share up from 53.5 million units in the same period last year.
The data suggests that Apple ranked second in terms of global volume sales. The iPhone maker shipped 45.2 million devices in Q2, 2024. It captured a market share of 15.8%, a modest increase from 44.5 million shipments in the second quarter of last year.
Third comes Xiaomi. The Chinese brand saw massive growth in sales year over year. It had sold 42.3 million smartphones in the second quarter alone. It’s a big jump from 33.2 million units shipped in Q2 2023, becoming a potential threat to Apple and Samsung.
Apart from this, Vivo also recorded significant growth in the global market. The company’s year-over-year growth in Q2 was 21.9%, with sales listing 25.9 million units with a market share of 9.1%. The growth percentage shows that aggressive marketing and boasting competitive specs into devices is paying off.
Samsung, Apple’s game isn’t over…
Last week, Samsung launched its new foldable phones, releasing on July 24, 2024. Apple, on the other hand, is expected to launch new flagship iPhones in September. It means, Samsung will enjoy the third quarter as well. The fourth quarter might be of Apple as iPhone sales would sharply grow in the global market given the new lineup release.
Samsung is now preparing to unveil new FE products later this year, followed by the S25 series in early next year. Chinese brands are expected to debut their latest flagships in the last quarter of this year, while Google Pixel phones are also coming in August.
Samsung today announced provisional sales and profit results for the second quarter. Samsung formally announced the provisional/predicted sales and operating profit, suggesting a massive profit boom in Q2, 2024 given the AI memory semiconductor rise.
In Q2, 2024, Samsung sales provisionally increased by 2.89% and operating profit by 57.34% compared to the previous quarter thanks to AI boom. Besides, the sales climbed by 23.31% and operating profit by 1,452.24% compared to the same period last year.
The company expects sales of 74 trillion won and operating profit of 10.4 trillion won on a consolidated basis. While these results are not final, there won’t be much change in the final result when it comes out. Samsung had a pretty profitable period in the second quarter.
Samsung in Q2
- Consolidated Sales: Approximately 74 trillion Korean won
- Consolidated Operating Profit: Approximately 10.4 trillion Korean won
The Korean tech giant is currently facing yield issues in its second-generation 3nm process. The flagship Exynos processor is unlikely to be commercialized this year. It would lead the Mobile business to face additional burdens due to rising prices of Snapdragon chipsets.
Meanwhile, Samsung is focussing on HBM (high bandwidth memory) semiconductors. HBM is a key player in artificial intelligence servers and data centers. The booming AI market will directly benefit Samsung’s semiconductor business.
Samsung ranked first in market share in the global smartphone market in Q3, 2023. TrendForce report says that Samsung led the global Q3 smartphone market, recording a market share of 19.5%.
Overall production in the third quarter increased by 11.5% compared to the previous quarter to 60.1 million units. During the same period, Apple’s production increased by 17.9% to 49.5 million, thanks to iPhone 15.
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Third place was taken by Xiaomi (13.9%), followed by Oppo (12.6%) and Transion (8.6%). 6th place is Vivo (8%). Meanwhile, global smartphone production reached 308 million units, a 13% increase compared to the previous quarter and a 6.4% increase from the previous year.
Huawei’s re-entry into the flagship smartphone market targeting Apple has had a significant impact in China. Huawei is aiming to expand its high-end flagship series, focusing on the Chinese domestic market next year, so Apple “We plan to attack directly”.
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