Ngokusho komhlaziyi wenkampani i-Gartner, imakethe yama-smartphone emhlabeni wonke yehle kancane unyaka nonyaka ngo-4% ku-Q2017 6,3. Kodwa-ke, i-Q1 2018 ibonakala ithathe ukuthengiswa kwe-smartphone njengoba bekunokwenyuka konyaka ngo-1,3%, ngesamba sezandla eziphathwayo eziyizigidi ezingama-383,5.
Isikhundla esihamba phambili emakethe yama-smartphone emhlabeni wonke siphinde sabanjwa ngabakwaSamsung ngamayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-78,56. Nokho, ukuthengiswa konyaka nonyaka kwehle ngezigidi ezingu-0,21. Uma kubhekwa ukukhula kwesigaba sekukonke, isabelo semakethe yesikhondlakhondla saseNingizimu Korea sehle ngo-0,3% saya ku-20,5%. Inkampani yomhlaziyi iveza ukwehla kwesabelo semakethe sakwaSamsung ngenxa yokuncintisana okwandayo emakethe yama-smartphone ephakathi nendawo. Kufanele futhi kuqashelwe ukuthi isidingo samamodeli we-flagship sehle phakathi nalesi sikhathi, kanjalo nokuthengisa Galaxy s9a Galaxy I-S9+ ayizange ifinyelele okwakulindelwe.
Uthathe indawo yesibili Apple ngamayunithi ayizigidi ezingama-54,06 kanye nesabelo semakethe esingu-14,1%. Uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, wenze njalo Apple ukwandisa ukuthengiswa kwama-iPhones ayo ngaphansi kwezigidi ezi-3.
UHuawei noXiaomi benze okuhle kakhulu, ngokwanda okukhulu kakhulu. UHuawei ukhuphule ukuthengiswa ngezigidi eziyisi-6 unyaka nonyaka kwafinyelela inani lezigidi ezingama-40,4, kanti i-Xiaomi iphinde yadayisela ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili futhi yabamba isabelo semakethe esingu-7,4%.
Ukuthengiswa kwama-smartphone emhlabeni jikelele manje kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle ijubane. Ngokuncintisana okwandayo kanye nokungakwazi ukukhula ezimakethe ezinkulu njenge-China, ubuholi be-Samsung bungase bunciphe njengoba imikhiqizo efana ne-Huawei ne-Xiaomi isebenzisa amasu anolaka.
