Even with the smartphone market falling, sales of iPhones grew 3% per year

After surveys on smartphone sales closed during the first quarter of the year, International Data Corporation (IDC), Strategy Analytics (SA) and Kantar released their (expected) results and the world scenario did not turn blue. In the first three months of this year, smartphone manufacturers sold fewer units than in the same period last year.

Data for the first quarter of the year - IDCData for the first quarter of the year – IDC

Despite the scare on the world market, Apple sold 52.2 million iPhones as indicated in the company's last fiscal quarter results, resulting in a 3% growth over the same period in 2017. Despite several comments about the low performance of the iPhone X in sales, the model was the company's most popular during all sales weeks of Ma's second fiscal quarter. According to IDC data, the success of the flagship, combined with the high sales iPhones 8/8 Plus contributed to the average sales price of the handsets to increase by 11.1%, reaching US $ 728.

Apple's growth was even more expressive in China, a market that the company wants. According to data from Kantar, the expressiveness of Ma rose by about 22% (!) In the country. The results show that the iPhone X achieved the best sales performance, becoming the best selling iPhone model in the Chinese market.

Data for the first quarter of the year - SAData for the first quarter of the year – SA

SA's results show that Samsung has remained at the top of the world smartphone market once again, accumulating 22.6% of market share the data vary slightly from that of the IDC, as we can see in the graphs above. In both, however, the Asian giant fell from the same period last year. For Neil Mawston, SA's executive director, the Sammy regained first place during the first quarter of the year in sales after losing its position to Apple during the last quarter of 2017. Mawston further commented that the Samsung market remains in North America, Western Europe and South Korea , but that the company has faced strong competition from Xiaomi in India and China.

Third in the SA list was Huawei, with 11.4% of the market share. The company works to expand its image in the international market, which acts strongly in China, which will not be a difficult task, since its growth rate is around 14% per year. The company's devices are growing among consumers in Western European countries like Spain, Germany and Italy. With surprising growth outside the country of origin less than half of sales were in China, Xiaomi accumulated 8.2% market share during the first quarter.

It seems that the second half of the year may be decisive for the change in the global smartphone market, as expectations for the next releases are high.

via MacRumors, 9to5Mac