Smartphone sales in China fell 14.1% year-on-year to 74.2 million units in the first quarter of 2022, according to global market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
The company attributed the market weakness to the continued resurgence of COVID-19, which affected consumption, as well as a lack of product upgrades.
The company said the Chinese smartphone market faces a downside risk of shipping less than 300 million smartphone units for the whole of 2022 if there is still no new relaunch on the market. market.
OPPO, the Chinese smartphone maker, topped sales with a shipment volume of 13.7 million units in the January-March period, accounting for 18.5 percent market share.
It was followed by Honor with 13.5 million units, then Vivo came in third place with 17.9% market share during this period, according to the same source.
Apple, which was the top-selling seller in China in the previous quarter, ranked fourth among the biggest sellers in the first three months of this year, with shipments reaching 12.4 million units, accounting for 16.7% of the market, according to the company. ” I “. DC”.
Decline in smartphone sales in the Chinese market in the first quarter of 2022
