ΟChina's top four smartphone makers - Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo - are expected to maintain their leadership in their domestic market in 2019, as they will continue to strengthen their competitiveness in mid to high-end smartphones, according to industry sources.
The top four manufacturers accounted for 80% of total smartphone shipments to China in 2018, and are expected to be on the list of the top 10 vendors worldwide during the new year, sources said.
The dominance of the four manufacturers will make it even more difficult for other local manufacturers in China, such as Gionee and Smartisan Digital, to develop, as well as other foreign manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics, Asustek Computer and HTC, and it will be very difficult for these to survive in the Chinese market in 2019, commented the sources.
Globally, Samsung, Apple, Huawei and Xiaomi are likely to become the top four smartphone makers in 2019, with each selling over 100 million units a year, according to research by Digitimes.
Oppo and Vivo they may see their sales dip slightly in 2019, but it will still be enough to stay in fifth and sixth place in 2019, with sales reaching nearly 90 million and 70 million units respectively, according to Digitimes estimates Research.
Digitimes Research also estimates that global smartphone sales are unlikely to reach the 1,5 billion mark in 2019, as new 5G technologies will still not be able to boost demand because it is a new feature that is not yet but well established.
However, smartphone sales will regain new momentum by 2020, as the launch of 5G networks by telecommunications providers worldwide will begin to push for the replacement of old phones with new ones with 5G support, and thus the sales of smartphones. phones in emerging markets will increase significantly.
Global smartphone sales will reach over 1,5 billion units in 2020 and 1,7 billion units in 2023, according to Digitimes Research.
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