Chinese media: phone makers Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Transsion trimmed their 2026 shipment targets, with Oppo cutting up to 20%, due to the memory chip shortage
Nvidia Corp. supplier Micron Technology Inc. said an ongoing memory chip shortage has accelerated over the past quarter …
Chinese smartphone sales declined 7% YoY in the first six weeks of 2024; Huawei rose 64% YoY while Apple fell 24% YoY, Oppo fell 29% YoY, and Vivo fell 15% YoY
- Growth: China's smartphone unit sales declined by 7% YoY during the first six weeks of 2024.
Oppo closes its chip design unit Zeku due to global economic uncertainty; Zeku developed the MariSilicon X image-processing chip used in Oppo's flagship devices
Oppo, China's biggest domestic smartphone maker, is closing its chip design business as the global smartphone market extends a prolonged decline.
Smartphone shipments declined 14% YoY and 7% QoQ globally to 280.2M units in Q1 2023; Samsung declined 19%, Apple 2%, Xiaomi 22%, Oppo 10%, and Vivo 18%
Harmeet Singh Walia / Counterpoint Research :
Apple took 49% of the global refurbished smartphone market in 2022, as refurbished iPhone sales grew 16% YoY; Samsung had 26%, Oppo 3%, Vivo 3%, and Huawei 2%
Glen Cardoza / Counterpoint Research :
Chinese government data: semiconductor output fell nearly 15% YoY in Q1 2023; smartphone production fell 13.8%, as local brands like Oppo and Xiaomi struggled
China's production of key electronics declined so far this year despite a bullish rebound in the overall economy, showing the unevenness of the country's recovery.
Global smartphone shipments fell 11% YoY in Q1; Samsung had a 23.8% share, a five-year high, Apple had 18.2%, Xiaomi had 12.4%, Oppo had 9.5%, and Vivo had 8.1%
Linda Sui / Strategy Analytics :
European smartphone sales rose 8% YoY in 2021; Samsung led with a 32% share, Apple had 26%, Xiaomi had 20%, and Oppo had 8%; Huawei dropped from 4th to 8th
London, Boston, Toronto, New Delhi, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul - January 31, 2022 — 2021 was another a rollercoaster year for the European smartphone market.