Smartphone sales have dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, while Samsung mobiles seeing the biggest drop.
Smartphone sales in the second quarter fell 20% worldwide compared to the same period last year, according to research published Tuesday by analyst firm Gartner.
Gartner cited the pandemic as the main culprit, due to have-in-place rules that resulted in people spending less on mobile devices.
“Travel restrictions, retail closures and more prudent spending on nonessential products during the pandemic led to the second consecutive quarterly drop in smartphone sales this year,” said Gartner Senior Director of Research Anshul Gupta, it’s a statement.
Although Samsung sold the most smartphones of any company in the second quarter, the company also saw the biggest drop year-over-year. Samsung sold almost 55 million smartphones during the period, a 27% year-on-year drop.
“Demand for its flagship S Series smartphones did little to jumpstart its smartphone sales globally,” said Gupta.
Chinese tech giant Huawei was the second leading smartphone company in the last quarter, selling 54 million smartphones, a decline of nearly 7% year-over-year from the previous year.
Third was Apple, which sold about 38 million iPhones in the last quarter, which was relatively stable year-over-year.
Gartner noted that Apple had a better quarter than other smartphone vendors due to the improving market in China, where the iPhone maker sells a significant number of devices.
The smartphone market also fell 20% year-over-year during the first quarter, underscoring the prolonged financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
