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Gartner analysts recorded a 12.5% decline in the smartphone market
Experts from the analytical company Gartner summed up the results of the fourth quarter of 2020 and the year in general in the smartphone market. According to their estimates, 5.4% fewer smartphones were sold in the quarter than in the fourth quarter of 2019, and for the year as a whole – 12.5% less than in 2019.
Analysts note that the market contraction was minimized by sales of smartphones with 5G support and models belonging to the lower and middle segment. In particular, the release of models with 5G support helped Apple to increase sales and become the largest player in the market by the end of the quarter.
So, at the end of the quarter, Apple owns 20.8%. In the fourth quarter of 2019, this company had 17.1% of the market. The second place is occupied by Samsung, whose share decreased from 17.3% to 16.2%. Xiaomi ranks third. The share of this manufacturer increased from 8.0% to 11.3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. The top five also include Oppo and Huawei, each with 8.9% market share. However, the share of the former increased from 7.5% over the year, while the share of the latter decreased from 14.3%.
If we talk about the results of the year as a whole, Samsung retained the title of the largest smartphone supplier, although its share decreased from 19.2% to 18.8%. The second place is occupied by Apple, whose share is 14.8%. In 2019, Apple owned 12.6% of the market. The third place at the end of the year is taken by Huawei. Its share decreased from 15.6% to 13.5%. Rounding out the largest are Xiaomi and Oppo. Compared to 2019, the share of the former increased from 8.2% to 10.8%, and the share of the latter – from 7.7% to 8.3%.
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Not only Wi-Fi 6. Samsung Galaxy A54 is the manufacturer’s first mid-budget phone with eSIM support
After Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy A54 phone, more details about it began to emerge. We already wrote that the device was the first in its class among Samsung devices to receive Wi-Fi 6, and now it is reported that it was the first to receive eSIM as well.
Thus, the Samsung Galaxy A54 is compatible with both physical SIM cards and digital ones. More mid-range Samsung smartphones are expected to support eSIM in the future.
Recall that the Samsung Galaxy A54 is built on the proprietary Samsung Exynos 1380, equipped with a 6.4-inch AMOLED screen with a frame rate of 120 Hz, a 50-megapixel camera with OIS, a 5000 mAh battery and has IP67 protection.
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Redmi Note 12 Tubo outperforms iPhone 14 and Samsung smartphones. Tiny Frame Sizes and Estimated Price Announced
A well-known insider under the nickname Ice Universe has published a new image on his page, which compares the frames of Redmi Note 12 Turbo and iPhone 14.
The Redmi Note 12 Trubo is a smartphone that costs less than $300, but it has a very narrow bezel, which is great. The whole world is using new technologies to create smartphones with narrower bezels. Only one declining brand is against this general trend: the bezel on its smartphones is getting wider and wider.
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Another insider, Kartikey Singh, also attacked Samsung: “Samsung is still living in the past, it feels like this is the next Nokia. The Redmi Note 12 Turbo is a product positioned lower than the Galaxy A54, but in terms of design, there is not much to say.”
The presentation of Redmi Note 12 Turbo will take place next Tuesday, March 28th. The Redmi Note 12 Turbo will have an emphasis on super speed, which is why it got the Turbo prefix, and not the usual Pro that flagships get.
Ice Universe was the first to accurately talk about the new trend for smartphones with waterfall screens, about the notch in the iPhone X, about the new design of the iPhone 14 with a Dynamic Island cutout, and about different 200-megapixel image sensors.
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OnePlus 11 will have a special version with a cover that mimics the surface pattern of Jupiter. According to rumors, the phone will be decorated with marble
OnePlus is preparing something new and interesting. OnePlus China President Li Jie posted a teaser for the “special” version of OnePlus 11 on his Weibo page: the silhouette of the smartphone is superimposed on the image of Jupiter.
In the description, Li Jie talks about a new product that “will be created using unprecedented materials and craftsmanship, making every mobile phone unique.”
A well-known Chinese insider Digital Chat Station joined the discussion. He said that this is not about glass, but at the same time, the new material from which the back panel of the exclusive OnePlus 11 will be made is very common in everyday life. Weibo users speculated that it would be marble.
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