VIVO Ranks 4th in Global 5G Smartphone Market
The Chinese multinational technology company ranks 4th in global 5G market. Since the beginning of this year, VIVO, one of the world’s top multinational technology company, has been running along with Samsung in smartphone production, sales and market share. VIVO overtaken Samsung in Indian technology market in the first quarter. Following this, VIVO has taken its place as one of the leading companies in the 5G market.
VIVO ranks 4th place in 2020 in production and market share where South Korean company Samsung secured the 3rd position in the global market. TrendForce, a market research institution, recently revealed the information in a report.
According to the report, Chinese company Huawei is now at the top of the global market. Apple and Samsung secured the 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Huawei captured 31% of the 5G handset market, followed closely by Apple with 30%. Samsung and Vivo, had 12% and 9%, respectively. Two other Chinese conglomerates, Xiaomi and OPPO are right after VIVO with 8% share.
According to the report, Huawei is expected to produce about 74 million 5G smartphones this year. Apple’s yearly 5G smartphone production is expected to total about 70 million units in 2020. Samsung’s 5G smartphone production this year is forecasted at 29 million units. VIVO is expected to produce about 21 million units of 5G smartphone where OPPO, and Xiaomi’s yearly 5G smartphone production volumes are projected to reach about 20 million and 19 million units, respectively.
The global 5G network coverage will be unlikely to surpass 50% before 2025 as the current 5G infrastructure build-out is pushed back as the result of running coronavirus pandemic and the complete coverage process may take longer. However, the smartphone manufacturers are continuing the competition amid pandemic situation. According to the report, end of the year, four Chinese companies will be in the top six in the 5G market.
