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Xiaomi could take Samsung’s lead for its next flip phone

Despite having at least a four-year lead over Chinese brands, Samsung seems to be losing ground in the foldable smartphone segment. Honor, OnePlus, OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi are offering better-specced foldable phones than Samsung. However, for its next flip phone, Xiaomi seems to have taken Samsung's lead. The MIX Flip 2 could use an ultrawide […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 day ago

Xiaomi takes Samsung head-on, enters South Korea

Samsung’s closest rival in the Android smartphone market, Xiaomi, has started doing business in Samsung’s home country, South Korea, taking its rival head-on. Xiaomi has opened a subsidiary in South Korea and launched an online store in the country, where it has started selling phones, wearables, and smart home products. According to local media, the […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
5 days ago

Samsung had the highest Q3 phone shipments in three regions

New market share reports for the third quarter of 2024 are coming in, revealing a year-on-year increase in shipments and the average selling price of smartphones. Shipment-wise, Samsung led three out of five regions and the global market on average. The recent Q3 2024 smartphone shipment report from Counterpoint Research suggests that Samsung had the […]

By Mihai Matei
1 week ago

Samsung still behind Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi in wrist-worn wearable sales

Samsung makes one of the best (Wear OS) smartwatches on the planet. Unfortunately, that isn’t enough for the brand to top the sales charts. Apple’s Watches are more popular around the globe and preferred more widely. As such, the South Korean tech giant has always been behind the Cupertino-based tech giant in smartwatch sales. Unfortunately, […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 weeks ago

Samsung’s wearable sales rise while Apple Watch sales falter

The sales of Galaxy Watches and other Galaxy wearable devices have increased this year. In comparison, sales of Apple Watches have dipped slightly compared to last year. While other brands sell more wearables than Samsung, their profit aren't as high as the South Korean firm. Samsung gets second highest revenue from smartwatch and wearable sales […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 month ago

Samsung’s Chinese rival could pull out of foldable smartphone market

Samsung was the first brand to launch foldable smartphones globally. Its first foldable phones came out in 2020, and it ruled the market for a few years, but it is no longer considered the king of that segment. Chinese brands are launching better-equipped foldable phones, and their sales are increasing. However, at least one Chinese […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Samsung sold more phones than Apple but only slightly

Samsung has struggled in the smartphone market over the past couple of years. After allowing Apple to edge past itself once last year, the South Korean firm won back the number one global smartphone ranking earlier this year thanks to robust Galaxy S24 sales. However, things are looking weaker again. Samsung was the world's number-one […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 months ago

Vivo overtakes Samsung to become India’s biggest smartphone brand

While Samsung is still the world's biggest smartphone brand, the situation isn't the same in India. The company has been pushed down to third place in India's growing smartphone market, and that isn't good news. Vivo becomes India's biggest smartphone brand in Q3 2024; overtakes Samsung According to the recent numbers from market research firm […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
3 months ago

New insight tells different story of Samsung-Apple rivalry in Q3

Yesterday, we covered some market data for the global smartphone segment in Q3 and reported that, according to those numbers, Samsung and Apple held roughly the same market share in the third quarter of 2024. However, different analysts use different methodologies, and today, fresh insight from Counterpoint Research paints a new picture. While Canalys data […]

By Mihai Matei
3 months ago

Samsung and Apple had equal global phone market share in Q3

Industry experts say the global smartphone market grew year-on-year in Q3, attributing the higher sales to the ongoing phone replacement cycle. And as the segment grew, the competition between the top five global smartphone brands intensified. In Q3, Samsung and Apple had nearly equal market share. Each company held roughly 18% of the global smartphone […]

By Mihai Matei
3 months ago

Samsung improves global tablet shipments as market grows

New data from market watchers says Samsung maintained its position in the global tablet market, but the company improved year-on-year sales significantly. In fact, according to data from Counterpoint Research, every major tablet brand improved their year-on-year shipments in Q2 2024 compared to a year ago. The tablet market appears to be in a healthy […]

By Mihai Matei
3 months ago

Xiaomi beat Apple in August but couldn’t touch Samsung

Samsung and Apple have exchanged leadership over the global smartphone market for the past few years, every few months or so, without any other OEMs getting in the way. However, Xiaomi came out of the left field in August and, taking advantage of Apple's temporary decline, snatched its place. In August, Xiaomi became the 2nd […]

By Mihai Matei
4 months ago

Samsung accused of breaking India’s antitrust laws

Samsung and other smartphone brands are accused of breaking India's antitrust laws by colluding with online retail giants Amazon and Flipkart to launch exclusive phones for those platforms. The report alleges these firms offered preferences to select retailers, hurting others in the process. Samsung reportedly broke India's competition laws by launching online-exclusive smartphones According to […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Samsung’s 200MP HP9 to make it to Xiaomi’s next flagship phone

In June this year, Samsung launched the ISOCELL HP9, the world’s first 200MP telephoto camera sensor for smartphones. So far, only one smartphone has used it, the Vivo X100 Ultra. Soon, the ISOCELL HP9 could make its way into another smartphone, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. According to a new report from SmartPrix, Xiaomi’s upcoming flagship […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
4 months ago

Samsung won over LATAM region in Q2 thanks to these phones

Samsung topped the smartphone popularity charts in the LATAM (Latin American) region in the second quarter of 2024, but no thanks to the Galaxy S24 series or the pinnacle of the Galaxy A range. Industry watchers at Counterpoint Research revealed that two of Samsung's most budget-oriented phones led the LATAM region in Q2. They were the […]

By Mihai Matei
5 months ago

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