The breaking point of foldable smartphones, which are becoming more and more popular, occurred when Samsung introduced the first Galaxy Fold and Flip models. After that, as new ideas and devices were constantly included in the foldable phone market, it was inevitable that it would gain a large volume.
This market, whose volume has been expanding over the years, seems to have had a very productive year, especially according to the report published in the Financial Times. By looking at the report in question, we can get an idea of how active the foldable smartphone manufacturers were last year.
South Korean technology giant Samsung is not only at the top, but even surpasses its competitors.
When we look at this graph, which shows the global shipment amount of foldable smartphones in 2022, with million units increasing by twos, we can see that the South Korean technology giant has shipped almost 12 million foldable phones. China-based Huawei, which comes right after it, is in the second place by shipping just under 2 million units in 2022.
Shipments of OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, Honor and Motorola are below 1 million. Nevertheless, it is necessary to congratulate Honor, who left its former top brand Huawei and followed its own path, taking good steps and finding its place in this list.
Globally, a total of 14.2 million foldable smartphones were shipped.
This number is expected to exceed 30 million in 2023, thanks to the new models that companies will introduce.
Of course, taking the number of shipments in this chart and equating it with the number of sales will not be very consistent. However, it is not difficult to guess that Samsung, which occupies the largest place in the foldable smartphone market for now, has the highest sales number. What do you think folding smartphones will have in 2023?
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