foldable cell phones They have not yet achieved enough market consolidation to displace conventional models, but foldables made up 55% of global shipments in the first quarter of 2024, surpassing clamshell foldables for the first time since 2021. .
And in this folding phone race, there is a winner who, oddly enough than most users think, is NOT Samsung and its models. Z-fold and Z-flip.
The winner was Huaweiwhich sold the most foldable smartphones in the first quarter of this year (January to March), according to a new report published by Counterpoint Research.
Explanations for this picture:
- Huawei’s 257% growth is apparently largely driven by sales in China, which have increased for the company since the introduction of the Mate X5 last year.
- Honor took third place in shipments with a 460% increase, but the most impressive growth came from Motorola, which managed to sell 1,473% more foldable devices in the first quarter of this year compared to the first quarter of 2023.
- Honor and Motorola’s growth has occurred largely outside of China, unlike Huawei’s.
- Honor’s market share in foldable devices is now 12%, up from 3% a year ago. Honor Magic V2 became the best-selling foldable phone in Western Europe in the first quarter of 2024. Motorola’s global foldable market share now stands at 11% thanks to the strong performance of the Razr series in North America.
Of course, it is likely that from the second half of 2024 Samsung will return to first place due to crashes Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6.
Source: Digital Trends
