China Xiaomi overtook Samsung, Apple in June smartphones product sales: Counterpoint

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi sold more phones in June than its rivals Samsung and Apple, according to exploration business Counterpoint.

Xiaomi’s product sales grew 26% as opposed to the previous month, offering the company a 17.1% share of the whole amount of smartphones sold globally in June, Counterpoint said in a Thursday take note. It extra that Samsung and Apple bought 15.7% and 14.3% of the complete handsets for the similar time period, respectively.

For the quarter that finished in June, Xiaomi was the second-major smartphone maker by cargo — trailing Samsung.

Counterpoint analysts stated that the trend could be temporary as a clean surge of Covid-19 situations in Vietnam very likely disrupted Samsung’s output in June. That led to a lack in units offered from the South Korean smartphone maker, the notice mentioned.

Samsung famous the generation disruption in Vietnam due to regional lockdowns all through its second-quarter earnings call. The smartphone huge reportedly expects manufacturing to return to normal concentrations quickly.

“At any time due to the fact the decline of Huawei commenced, Xiaomi has been generating steady and aggressive endeavours to fill the gap established by this decline,” mentioned Tarun Pathak, research director at Counterpoint, in a statement. He extra that Xiaomi has been increasing in Huawei’s legacy marketplaces like China, Europe, Middle East and Africa.