New Delhi, Samsung Electronics has snatched back the crown of the world’s largest smartphone maker from Apple. Market research firm Canalys has revealed this. Xiaomi Corp of China has done its best in the first quarter of this year. Xiaomi’s smartphone shipments grew 62 percent to 49 million during this period. Also, 14 percent market share stood at the third position with 14%. It was Samsung’s position at the first place. While on the other Apple company has won. Overall global smartphone sales grew by 27 percent to 347 million units.
Samsung Galaxy S21 series smartphones boom
South Korean company Samsung has shipped 76.5 million smartphones in the first quarter of the year. In this way, Samsung’s market share remained at around 22%. During this period, the revenue from the smartphone business registered a growth of 66%. The biggest contributor to this sale has been the company’s flagship Galaxy S21 series smartphone. Apple shipped 52.4 million iPhones during January to March. Like this, Apple ranked second with 15% market share. The 5G enabled iPhone 12 was the most in demand.
Chip may be lacking
However, due to Apple’s lack of chip in the April-June quarter, the company may lose $ 3 billion to $ 4 billion. This may affect the manufacture of iPads and Macbooks. According to the report, the demand for smartphones of Chinese company Oppo and Vivo brand in the March quarter was very high. China’s number smartphone company has suffered heavy losses due to the US ban. Huawei has suffered from 7th place due to heavy losses. The company has sold around 18.6 million smartphones. This includes smartphones from the Honor brand.
