Samsung's first place in smartphone sales and Xiaomi's rise over Apple

Samsung is among the companies that want to engage in competition among its counterparts on an ongoing basis, as it is known that it will never give up, and accordingly, Samsung was able to obtain first place in smartphone sales in the world during the third quarter of the year 2020 AD, after it was overthrown by the Chinese company Huawei in the previous period. Samsung came in first place based on statistics related to market analysis companies Counterpoint and IDC, as well as after Korean companies obtained high profits, namely quarterly profits, which they achieved during the last 3 months that ended on the previous September 30th.

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The American Apple is a competition between Samsung and the Chinese company Huawei in smart phone sales. The rise of Xiaomi over the American company Apple. On the other hand, during the competition, Xiaomi was able for the first time to rise above the American company Apple by obtaining third place for the first time in previous years, as the Chinese company was able to achieve an annual increase of up to 47 percent. On the other hand, there was a deterioration in iPhone shipments that reached 7 percent during the company’s fourth fiscal quarter, the period of which was increased from July to the previous September for a year. 2020 AD, and this is due to the fact that it is possible that this is due to customers waiting for the launch of the iPhone 12. In the same way, the fifth place, sixth place, and seventh place in smartphone sales was due to the luck of BBK and its brands, which are represented by both Vivo, Oppo, and Realme, as the percentages of sales between those brands were close, and the percentage of their sales combined is close to what Samsung obtained and topped the list with. Based on the Counterpoint report, there was a quarterly decline in shipments of phones coming from Chinese companies by 7 percent and an annual decline of 24 percent, while shipments of Samsung phones increased by 47 percent for the current quarter compared to the previous quarter.

Competition between Samsung and the Chinese company Huawei in smartphone sales. It is worth noting that in the past, and specifically three months ago, the Chinese company Huawei was able to obtain first place in smartphone sales in the world, as its highest percentage of sales was in China, and at that time it was shared by the competition Samsung. After the loss that Samsung suffered, this gave it a great motivation to enter the competition with smart phones again and it did not give up, as it worked to create other new models and types that would help it gain the lead, and among these devices were foldable types that were equipped with fifth generation technology. As for the continuous diversity that characterizes Samsung, it worked to present the Galaxy Z Fold 2 during a virtual ceremony, as this device resembles a small tablet in terms of opening, as it is a foldable device, confirming that this device will change the scales and turn the equation around.

In the same vein, the Galaxy Fold was announced in early 2019, but this device suffered many setbacks after several reviews were given to it, which were negative for the company. However, experts say very good news about the new device, pointing out that the thin glass allows the device to have a longer lifespan. .