This morning, Xiaomi founder, chairman, and CEO Lei Jun stated that the latest reports from Canalys, Counterpoint, and IDC show that Xiaomi has returned to the top three in global smartphone shipments. Lei Jun pointed out: “In the third quarter of 2020, Xiaomi shipped 47.1 million units, making it the world’s third-largest smartphone manufacturer.”
Recently, IDC released a global mobile phone shipment report for the third quarter of 2020, showing that total global shipments were 353 million units, a year-on-year decline of 1.3%.
Samsung shipped 80.4 million units, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%, with a 22.7% share; Huawei shipped 51.9 million units, a 22% drop from the same period, but still ranked second with a 14.7% share.
Xiaomi smartphones ranked among the top three, surpassing Apple with a year-on-year growth rate of 42%, shipments of 46.5 million units, and a market share of 13.1%, thanks to strong support from the Chinese and Indian markets.
Apple ranked fourth, with shipments of 41.6 million units, down 10% year-on-year, and its market share fell to 11.8%. The fifth place is Vivo, which increased by 4.2% year-on-year and shipped 31.5 million units in the quarter.
According to Canalys’ global smartphone market report for the third quarter, global smartphone shipments fell 1% year-on-year but increased 22% quarter-on-quarter.
In addition, Counterpoint Research also released a report on global smartphone shipments. Although this data differs from Canalys’ statistics, the top three remain Samsung, Huawei, and Xiaomi.
