The Samsung smartphone became the most popular foldable smartphone on the market in the first quarter of 2023, surpassing its main competitor, the Chinese company Huawei. This was announced by Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) analyst Ross Young in 2019. twitter.
“Among the top 5 foldable smartphone models, Z Flip 4 took the first place, accounting for 27% of all sales in the category,” said the expert.
Yang also said that Huawei Pocket S took the second place with 15% and the Z Fold 4, another Samsung foldable device (13% of sales), took the third place. The top five include smartphones with folding screens, such as the Oppo Find N2 Flip (11%) and Huawei Mate X3 (6%).
According to the analyst, foldable smartphone shipments peaked in the third quarter of 2022. Yang explained that manufacturers shipped fewer mobile devices to the market in this segment in the following quarters. He concluded that the market volume for the first three months of 2023 is 2.1 million foldable devices.
It was previously reported that Apple lost its top three place in smartphone imports to Russia and Samsung. retained second place With a share of 14%, this is about 900 thousand smartphones.