Xiaomi wants to become the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world in the foreseeable future. How’s the plan going? If you look at the smartphones delivered in 2021 as a whole, then not so bad. In the meantime, however, you can clearly see that the unbridled growth is slowly but surely reaching its limits. Especially since Samsung and Apple are also growing.
Xiaomi with the biggest smartphone growth in the top 5
Smartphone manufacturers didn’t have it easy in 2021. The pandemic still has us fully under control and the chip crisis is now affecting every company. Nevertheless, he is entire market grew by 7 percent, which is basically a positive signal. So people want to buy new smartphones. The five largest smartphone manufacturers have particularly benefited from this:
With 274.5 million smartphones shipped, Samsung is the undisputed number one. The South Korean company could only keep up with the general growth of the market and shipped 7 percent more smartphones than in the previous year. Apple comes in second with 230.1 million iPhones shipped. The US company slightly outperformed at 11 percent and gained market share. Third place goes to the Chinese concern Xiaomi. The company was able to ship 191.2 million smartphones in 2021 and is happy about that largest growth of 28 percent in the top 5.
Oppo and Vivo land in fourth and fifth place. There is also growth there, but not as strong as with Xiaomi. All other smartphone manufacturers drive a loss of about 11 percent in market share. So that means that the top five smartphone manufacturers in the world are becoming more and more popular.
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Xiaomi has to fight in the home market
Anyone who thinks that a Chinese smartphone manufacturer has an easy job in their home country will be surprised. While Xiaomi is conquering the world market bit by bit, China actually has big problems keeping up. There, Apple has climbed to first place, while Xiaomi has to remain in fifth place. So Xiaomi still has some work to do to really become number one.