Smartphone shipments within the US within the second quarter of 2023 dropped by 24% in contrast with the identical interval final yr, in response to analyst agency Counterpoint Analysis.
Counterpoint’s report, revealed Friday, stated that is the third consecutive quarter of declining US telephone shipments.
“Regardless of inflation numbers falling by way of the quarter and ongoing energy within the job market, customers hesitated to improve their gadgets amid market uncertainty,” Counterpoint Analysis Analyst Matthew Orf stated in a press launch, noting that he expects shipments to maintain declining into the following quarter.
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Producers had been affected to completely different extents, with makers of Android telephones struggling probably the most: Samsung shipments dropped by 37%, Motorola shipments by 17% and TCL-Alcatel shipments by 69%. Apple’s iPhone shipments declined by solely 6%, which Counterpoint analysts credited to robust provider promotions subsidizing prices for the model’s dear telephones — although it additionally possible displays how insulated premium telephone gross sales have been from pandemic cargo shocks. Google’s telephone shipments elevated by 48%, however provided that it had solely 2% of US telephone gross sales on this interval final yr, it is a comparatively tame acquire.
Regardless of decrease total telephones shipped, that shakeup has led Apple to extend its domination of the US telephone market to 55% from 45% in the identical interval final yr. In the meantime, Samsung dropped to 23% from 28%. Different phone-makers stayed at roughly the identical degree.
The telephone business has struggled over the previous couple of years because the pandemic slowed demand and provide shortages interrupted availability. Although provide chains have recovered, it is not completely clear how lengthy it’s going to take for demand to renew pre-pandemic ranges — the Worldwide Information Company had predicted that the worldwide telephone business would get well 6% year-over-year in 2024.
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