Huawei is preparing to fly out of the top ten, while Tecno and iTel are becoming prominent players. Summed up the results of 2021 in the smartphone market

The list of the ten largest smartphone manufacturers in 2021 has changed a lot.

The results of the fourth quarter and the whole year were summed up by Omdia analysts. For example, according to the results of the whole year, Huawei is still in the top ten, ranking ninth. But in the last quarter, the company has already taken off from this list.

Let’s not dwell on the results of the quarter and concentrate on the 12-month period. The main leaders here are still the same and in the same places. That is, Samsung is in the first place, followed by Apple. Thanks to the departure of Huawei, Xiaomi moved up to third, followed by Vivo and Oppo, and, like a year earlier, with almost identical sales figures, which is very interesting, given the relationship of these companies.

Realme is moving up the list, and Motorola is also worth noting. Recall that the last quarter was a record for the company in the home market. In addition, 2021 was the first year that Honor became an independent company and now appears separately in the relevant statistics. So far in eighth place.

It is also curious that Tecno closes the top ten, about which no one has even heard anything in many countries. And if we return to the quarterly results, then Tecno is already in ninth place, and iTel, even less known in the global market, closes the top ten.

You can also note the growth indicators. While the market grew by only 3.4%, most of the top ten companies increased their sales by 20-40%. We can only single out Huawei, whose sales fell by 81.6%, as well as Samsung, which increased them by only 5.9%. In general, you can see that more successful brands generally become even more successful by taking away share from smaller companies.