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TrendForce: Smartphone production decreased 11% in 2020

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Yordan 05 January 2021

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Last year was turbulent for a lot of businesses, and the smartphone makers were also affected. According to TrendForce, companies pushed 1.25 billion devices - that’s 11% fewer compared to 2019.

The top six brands were Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Oppo, and vivo, with Huawei suffering the most due to the trade ban, disallowing the company to work with Google and, more recently cutting its access to chips.

TrendForce: Smartphone production decreased 11% in 2020

The next 12 months should see a solid rebound in the market. The analysts expect a strong wave of device replacement and demand growth in emerging markets. The annual global smartphone production for 2021 is predicted to be 1.36 billion units or a 9% increase from 2020.

However the forecast for Huawei is grim, pushing the company out of Top 5 by volume, with its market share plummeting to just 3%. The bold prediction also suggests Transsion, the owner of brands like iTel, Tecno, and Infinix will see big growth and overtake Huawei.

Company 2020 Production estimate
(in million)
2020 Market share 2021 Production forecast
(in million)
2021 Market share
Samsung 263 21% 267 19%
Apple 199 15% 229 16%
Xiaomi 146 11% 198 14%
Oppo 144 11% 185 13%
vivo 110 8% 145 10%
Transsion 55 4% 60 4%
Huawei 170 13% 45 3%

5G will remain a key talking point in 2021. Expectations are the penetration to rise to 37% but production will be limited due to foundry capacities. TrendForce said smartphone brands aim high and will increase production targets, limiting the capacity of how many devices and components can the factories push out in time.

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  • Mikele
  • fsV
  • 09 Jan 2021

Not at all I disagree! 😜😂

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  • Anonymous
  • j%t
  • 06 Jan 2021

Until HTC has closed their door's there's always a glimmer of hope.

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  • ericwang
  • P%I
  • 06 Jan 2021

Why not? The Apple 'help' China to build the entire supply chain of smartphone industry.Without Apple,Chinese smartphone companies can not grow that fast. And Tesla is doing the same thing in China now.

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