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It is estimated that approximately 1,535 million smartphones will be sold worldwide this year.
In 2021, global revenue from the sale of these products exceeded $509 billion.
The country with the largest number of smartphone users worldwide is China.
Technological products have come to help us today, so over the years more and more people are buying new versions regardless of their cost. A recent investigation revealed that in 2022, consumers preferred to spend more money on an expensive smartphone.
The use of smartphones has grown in recent years, in such a way that currently, according to Gartner figuresit is estimated that during this year around the world approximately 1,535 million smartphones are sold worldwide, according to this platform, the world income derived from the sale of these products would exceed 509 billion US dollars. Given the relevance that this entails, today at Gráfica the day we present you the countries that use these mobile phones to a greater extent, as well as the sales they have obtained worldwide.
Other surprising data is that more than eight out of 10 people have mobile coverage in the world, almost half of The world population, some 3.6 billion people, uses the Internet and has a connected computer at home and the average life of a cell phone in the United States, China and Europe does not exceed one and a half or two years.
Consumers preferred to spend more money on an expensive smartphone
The cell phone market continues to grow over the years, and this was demonstrated in 2022 when people prefer to make a high investment to buy better-end phones.
According to Counterpoint research, year-over-year revenue for the industry was down three percent.
The same investigation reported that the midpoint in this panorama is that the sale of 5G cell phones, which is the high-end and premium range of almost all brands, increased by 10 percent, allowing this sector of the market to represent 80 percent of sales, becoming an all-time high for the highest-priced references.
“This shift from 4G to 5G has been led by Apple, which alone accounts for more than half of all 5G revenue, as more than 95 percent of its phones are 5G-enabled,” Harmeet said in the research. Singh Walia, a senior research analyst.
The study also mentioned that during the third quarter of the year Apple and Xiaomi were the only brands that increased their revenues, compared to the same period last year.
In this context, the North American company grew 10 percent, while China did so by 4 percent, with a great focus on low-end phones with prices below $300, Contrary to what happened with their devices above that value, which fell 1.5 percent in their sales.
While Samsung, which is the second brand with the highest income range in the market, the money received fell 4 percent, although it increased its presence in the sale of 5G devices by 27 percent.
And this is how consumer tastes and trends in the telephone and technology sector continue to change year after year.
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