According to a new report, sales of smartphones supporting 5G surpassed sales of smartphones with 4G for the first time. Indeed, this change is largely due to the iPhone.
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About four years after the Verizon and the T-Mobile began to activate 5G networks in the US, global monthly sales of new smartphones with this capability were higher than monthly 4G smartphone sales.
According to the counterpoint research, the 51% of the new smartphones sold in January supported 5G. China, North America and Western Europe, sales of these phones accounted for a much larger share than that observed worldwide.
In China, 5G phone sales accounted for 84% of all 4G or 5G phone sales in January. 5G phone sales in North America and Western Europe reached 73% and 76%, respectively.
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The Counterpoint Research report showed that Apple's iPhones were the best-selling 5G smartphones. It is worth noting that Apple's first 5G device was the iPhone 12 from 2020.
As Bloomberg reports, iPhone accounted for 37% of 5G smartphones sold worldwide in January. Η Samsung released its first 5G phone, the Galaxy S10 in 2019, but it accounted for only 12% of 5G device sales in January. This is in part due to the fact that Samsung's phones are not as popular in China.
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The Vivo and Xiaomi accounted for 11% of sales, each, while the Oppo represented the 10%. These three are popular brands in China.
Smartphones with 5G support are starting to become the norm in the US and Western Europe. So many believe that cheaper phones that support it will gradually start to arrive on the market.
Apple has already announced the iPhone SE 2022 with 5G support (available today in the US), at a very affordable price (from 429 $). Counterpoint Research expects demand for the new iPhone SE to be strong in Europe, Southeast Asia and Korea as the new network coverage in these regions expands.
Source: zDNet
