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Weltweite Smartphone-Umsätze stiegen um 4,3 Prozent gegenüber dem Vorjahr.
Apple verzeichnet drei aufeinanderfolgende Quartale mit schwacher Nachfrage, der Umsatz ging um 7,7 Prozent zurück.
Die weltweiten Verkäufe von Smartphones an Endverbraucher summierten sich im zweiten Quartal 2016 auf 344 Millionen Geräte. Dies entspricht einer Steigerung von 4,3 Prozent im Vergleich zum selben Zeitraum in 2015, so das IT-Research und Beratungsunternehmen Gartner.
Der Gesamtumsatz von Mobiltelefonen ist um 0,5 Prozent zurückgegangen, wobei nur fünf der Top 10 Anbieter ein Wachstum aufweisen konnten. Zu diesen zählen vier chinesische Hersteller (Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi und BBK Communication Equipment) sowie das südkoreanische Unternehmen Samsung.
»Die Nachfrage nach Premium-Smartphones schwächte sich im zweiten Quartal 2016 ab, da viele Verbraucher noch auf die Veröffentlichung neuer Hardware in der zweiten Jahreshälfte warten«, erläutert Anshul Gupta, Research Director bei Gartner.
Zusätzlich verstärkte der Umsatzrückgang (14 Prozent) der »Feature Phones« den Rückgang der Gesamtumsätze von Mobiltelefonen im zweiten Quartal 2016 (Table 1).
Gartner Says Five of Top 10 Worldwide Mobile Phone Vendors Increased Sales in Second Quarter of 2016
Global Sales of Smartphones Grew 4.3 Per Cent Year on Year
Apple Had Three Consecutive Quarters of Slowing Demand as Sales Declined 7.7 Per Cent
Global sales of smartphones to end users totalled 344 million units in the second quarter of 2016, a 4.3 per cent increase over the same period in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Overall sales of mobile phones contracted by 0.5 per cent with only five vendors from the top 10 showing growth. Among them were four Chinese manufacturers (Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi and BBK Communication Equipment) and South Korea’s Samsung.
»Demand for premium smartphones slowed in the second quarter of 2016 as consumers wait for new hardware launches in the second half of the year,« said Anshul Gupta, research director at Gartner. In addition, the decline in sales of »feature phones« (down 14 per cent) bolstered the decline in overall sales of mobile phones in the second quarter of 2016 (see Table 1).
All mature markets except Japan saw slowing demand for smartphones leading to a decline in sales of 4.9 per cent. In contrast, all emerging regions except Latin America saw growth, which led to smartphone sales growing by 9.9 per cent.
»The top five smartphone manufacturers together continued to gain market share in the second quarter of 2016 — up from 51.5 per cent to 54 per cent year on year, led by Oppo, Samsung and Huawei,« said Mr Gupta.
Table 1
Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 2Q16 (Thousands of Units)
| Company | 2Q16
Units |
2Q16 Market Share ( %) | 2Q15
Units |
2Q15 Market Share ( %) |
| Samsung | 76,743.5 | 22.3 | 72,072.5 | 21.8 |
| Apple | 44,395.0 | 12.9 | 48,085.5 | 14.6 |
| Huawei | 30,670.7 | 8.9 | 26,454.4 | 8.0 |
| Oppo | 18,489.6 | 5.4 | 8,073.8 | 2.4 |
| Xiaomi | 15,530.7 | 4.5 | 15,464.5 | 4.7 |
| Others | 158,530.3 | 46.0 | 160,162.1 | 48.5 |
| Total | 344,359.7 | 100.0 | 330,312.9 | 100.0 |
Source: Gartner (August 2016)
In the second quarter of 2016, Samsung had nearly 10 per cent more market share than Apple. Samsung saw sales of its Galaxy A and Galaxy J series smartphones compete strongly with Chinese manufacturers. Its new smartphone portfolio also helped Samsung win back share it recently lost in emerging markets.
Apple continued its downward trend with a decline of 7.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2016. Apple sales declined in North America (its biggest market) as well as in Western Europe. However, it witnessed its worst sales decline in Greater China and mature Asia/Pacific regions, where sales declined 26 per cent. Apple had its best performance in Eurasia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe regions in the second quarter of 2016, where iPhone sales grew more than 95 per cent year on year.
Among the top five smartphone vendors, Oppo exhibited the highest growth in the second quarter of 2016 at 129 per cent. This is due to strong sales of its R9 handset in China and overseas.
»Features such as an anti-shake camera optimised for selfies, and rapid charge technology, helped Oppo carve a niche market for itself and boost sales in a highly competitive and commoditised smartphone market,« said Mr Gupta.
In terms of the smartphone operating system (OS) market, Android regained share over iOS to achieve an 86 per cent share (see Table 2) in the second quarter of 2016. Android’s performance continued to come from demand for mid- to lower-end smartphones from emerging markets, but also from premium smartphones, which recorded a 6.5 per cent increase in the second quarter of 2016.
A number of key Android players, such as Samsung with the Galaxy S7, introduced their new high-end devices, but Chinese brands like Huawei and Oppo are also pushing their premium smartphone ranges with more affordable devices.
»Google is evolving the Android platform fast, which allows Android players to remain at the cutting edge of smartphone technology,« said Roberta Cozza, research director at Gartner. »Facing a highly commoditised smartphone market, Google’s focus is to further expand and diversify the Android platform with additional functionalities, like virtual reality, enabling more-intelligent experiences and reach into wearables, connected home devices, in-car entertainment and TV.«
Table 2
Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 2Q16 (Thousands of Units)
| Operating System | 2Q16
Units |
2Q16 Market Share ( %) | 2Q15
Units |
2Q15 Market Share ( %) |
| Android | 296,912.8 | 86.2 | 271,647.0 | 82.2 |
| iOS | 44,395.0 | 12.9 | 48,085.5 | 14.6 |
| Windows | 1,971.0 | 0.6 | 8,198.2 | 2.5 |
| Blackberry | 400.4 | 0.1 | 1,153.2 | 0.3 |
| Others | 680.6 | 0.2 | 1,229.0 | 0.4 |
| Total | 344,359.7 | 100.0 | 330,312.9 | 100.0 |
Source: Gartner (August 2016)
Additional information is available in the Gartner report »Market Share Alert: Preliminary, Mobile Phones, Worldwide, 2Q16.«
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