Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon.
Since the start of the modern foldable era in 2019 with the release of the Galaxy Fold, the top name in foldables has been. The South Korean manufacturer added to its lead with the release of the Galaxy Z Flip clamshell the following year. And at the end of each year, Samsung would sit alone at the top of the charts as the
But after a strong first quarter of 2024 during which shipments of these handsets soared 49% year-over-year, the global foldables market has a new leader and it is. Because of U.S. sanctions that prohibit foundries using U.S. tech to ship 5G chips to Huawei, during last year's first quarter the company's foldable portfolio was made up entirely of phones that supported LTE connectivity.
Now that the Chinese manufacturer can obtain 5G chips from China's largest foundry SMIC , 84% of Huawei'ssupport 5G which helped the company score a huge 257% year-over-year gain in Q1 global foldable shipments this year. Huawei's first 5G inward folding book-style foldable, the Mate X5, was released in the third quarter and has been one of the top-selling foldables in China.
Huawei's leading 35% share of the global foldable market for the three months from January through March of this year was a huge surge from Q1 2023 when it owned only 14% of the market. Samsung, on the other hand, saw its share drop from a leading 58% to 23% over the course of a year. In third place was Honor, The former Huawei sub-unit saw its foldable shipments rise by 460% from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024. The company's market share in foldables was 12% compared to only 3% for Q1 2023.
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