The European smartphone market saw a significant decline in the first quarter of this year, specifically by 12%. He didn't avoid Samsung either, which nevertheless maintained its lead with a relatively safe lead. This was reported by an analytical company Counterpoint Research.
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Samsung held a 35% share of the European smartphone market in the first three months of this year, which is two percentage points less than at the same time last year. He finished in second place Apple with a share of 25% (a year-on-year increase), in third Xiaomi, whose share was 14% (a year-on-year decrease of five percentage points), in fourth Oppo with a share of 6% (no year-on-year change) and the first five largest smartphone players on the old continent closes Realme with a share of 4% (year-on-year increase of two percentage points).
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According to Counterpoint, a total of 2022 million smartphones were shipped to the European market in the first quarter of 49, which is the least since the first quarter of 2013. The European market is experiencing this decline mainly due to component shortages related to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Due to rising inflation, consumer spending is also falling. Counterpoint analysts even expect the situation to worsen in the second quarter.
