China Xiaomi overtook Samsung, Apple in June smartphones sales: Counterpoint

Chinese language smartphone maker Xiaomi bought extra telephones in June than its rivals Samsung and Apple, based on analysis agency Counterpoint.

Xiaomi’s gross sales grew 26% in comparison with the earlier month, giving the corporate a 17.1% share of the entire variety of smartphones bought globally in June, Counterpoint stated in a Thursday observe. It added that Samsung and Apple bought 15.7% and 14.3% of the entire handsets for a similar interval, respectively.

For the quarter that resulted in June, Xiaomi was the second-largest smartphone maker by cargo — trailing Samsung.

Counterpoint analysts defined that the development may very well be short-term as a contemporary surge of Covid-19 instances in Vietnam doubtless disrupted Samsung’s manufacturing in June. That led to a scarcity in gadgets out there from the South Korean smartphone maker, the observe stated.

Samsung famous the manufacturing disruption in Vietnam as a result of native lockdowns throughout its second-quarter earnings name. The smartphone big reportedly expects manufacturing to return to regular ranges quickly.

“Ever because the decline of Huawei commenced, Xiaomi has been making constant and aggressive efforts to fill the hole created by this decline,” stated Tarun Pathak, analysis director at Counterpoint, in an announcement. He added that Xiaomi has been increasing in Huawei’s legacy markets like China, Europe, Center East and Africa.