Smartphone shipments within the US within the second quarter of 2023 dropped by 24% in contrast with the identical interval final yr, in accordance with analyst agency Counterpoint Analysis.
Counterpoint’s report, printed Friday, stated that is the third consecutive quarter of declining US cellphone shipments.
“Regardless of inflation numbers falling via the quarter and ongoing energy within the job market, customers hesitated to improve their gadgets amid market uncertainty,” Counterpoint Analysis Analyst Matthew Orf stated in a press launch, noting that he expects shipments to maintain declining into the subsequent quarter.
Producers have been affected to totally different extents, with makers of Android telephones struggling probably the most: Samsung shipments dropped by 37%, Motorola shipments by 17% and TCL-Alcatel shipments by 69%. Apple’s iPhone shipments declined by solely 6%, which Counterpoint analysts credited to robust service promotions subsidizing prices for the model’s expensive telephones — although it additionally probably displays how insulated premium cellphone gross sales have been from pandemic cargo shocks. Google’s cellphone shipments elevated by 48%, however provided that it had solely 2% of US cellphone gross sales on this interval final yr, it is a comparatively tame achieve.
Regardless of decrease total telephones shipped, that shakeup has led Apple to extend its domination of the US cellphone market to 55% from 45% in the identical interval final yr. In the meantime, Samsung dropped to 23% from 28%. Different phone-makers stayed at roughly the identical stage.
The cellphone business has struggled over the previous few years because the pandemic slowed demand and provide shortages interrupted availability. Although provide chains have recovered, it is not completely clear how lengthy it will take for demand to renew pre-pandemic ranges — the Worldwide Knowledge Company had predicted that the worldwide cellphone business would recuperate 6% year-over-year in 2024.
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