Global Smartphone Shipments Up 6.4% in Q4, China Posts Record Quarter: IDC
Global smartphone shipments increased 2.4% year-over-year to 331.7 million units in Q4, IDC reported Monday. That marked the sixth consecutive quarter of shipment growth, closing 2024 with 6.4% growth and 1.24 billion shipments, “marking a strong recovery after two challenging…
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years of decline,” IDC said: “We expect the market to continue growing in 2025, albeit at a slower pace, as refresh cycles continue growing and pent-up demand is fulfilled.” Apple led with a 23.2% market share, Samsung (15.6%) followed, with China’s Xiaomi (12.9%) after that. Of the three, only Xiaomi saw its market share grow over Q4 2023. “This past quarter was particularly remarkable for the largest Chinese smartphone vendors: Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Honor, Huawei, Lenovo, realme, Transsion, TCL, and ZTE,” IDC said: “They achieved a historic milestone as they shipped the highest combined volume ever in a quarter, representing 56% of the global smartphone shipments in Q4.”