The Global Smartphone Production Volume between First and Second Quarter



It is henceforth clear that, Chinese brands are taking on leading international brands, Samsung and Apple. Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo, OPPO and Vivo steadily and surely conquer internal and overseas markets.


According to market research firm TrendForce, the combined production volume of Chinese brands in the second quarter reached 139 million units, up 13.8% from the previous quarter.

One can also observe that, for the second straight quarter, the combined volume from Chinese brands was larger than the combined volume of the two leading international brands, Samsung and Apple. 

Worldwide smartphone production volume totaled around 315 million units in the second quarter, representing an 8.9% increase over the previous quarter and a marginal year-on-year increase of 3.2%, according to the latest report from the global market research firm TrendForce. Demand pickup in North America and the emerging markets.