The fast growth of shipments by Huawei Technologies Co, Oppo Electronics Corp and Xiaomi Inc in 2017, when
the total global smartphone market saw declines in shipments, can be attributed to the companies» overseas expansion in countries such as India as well as improvements in the quality and technology levels of their handsets, two Chinese experts said.
Not exact matches
In contrast, the
total number of worldwide
smartphone subscribers is 1.1 billion, and while this is an impressive number, it's still just 17 percent of the
global cellphone
market, which is over five billion.
Combining the
smartphone totals and the feature phone
totals, HMD
Global ends up in sixth place in the mobile industry with a 5 % share of the
total market.
Global market intelligence firm IDC Canada estimates 44 percent of the
total smartphone install base in the Canadian
market is comprised of iPhones, based on data gathered at the end of 2015.