Market research institute IDC released a report that the folding screen mobile phone segment maintained a high-speed growth trend. In the first half of 2022, domestic folding screen mobile phone shipments exceeded 1.1 million, an increase of about 70% year-on-year.
Broken down to specific brands, Huawei ranked first with a market share of 63.6%, followed by OPPO (18.3%), Samsung (9.3%), Honor (6%), and Vivo (1.8%). From the overall data point of view, Huawei is still the boss of the domestic folding screen market, and the share occupied by one company is nearly twice that of the other four combined.
Another data agency, CINNO Research, has a slight discrepancy with IDC in the way and time of data statistics, but the conclusion is consistent, Huawei is still the first in the second quarter of this year, folding screen mobile phone sales as high as 315,000 units, an increase of 70% year-on-year, and won a 53.7% share of the domestic folding screen market.
While shipments of the mobile phone market are declining in the second quarter of this year, the latest data from researcher Counterpoint Research shows that China's smartphone sales in the second quarter of 2022 fell by 14.2% year-on-year, and sales were less than half of the historical peak sales in the fourth quarter of 2016. But the folding screen market, especially Huawei can still ensure considerable growth, is indeed not easy.
Huawei mobile phones do not support 5G, sales in the conventional bar machine is difficult to rank in the top few, but in the folding screen mobile phone category, whether to support 5G does not seem to be so much attention, or that people who buy folding screen mobile phones often have the second and third mobile phones in their hands?
Huawei's subsequent folding screen mobile phones, although 4G, such as P50 Pocket and MateXS2 are quite popular among consumers offline. Huawei's offline stores currently have some mobile phones that support 5G on sale, such as the Huawei Mate X2, but there is a 5G do not buy - Dingqiao M40.
Recently, this phone has launched a high-end version, the configuration of the high-end version is exactly the same as before, equipped with Tianji 1000+, supporting 5G dual CARD dual standby; Built-in 4200mAh large battery, 40W wired and wireless dual fast charging; Rear 64MP wide-angle lens + 8MP telephoto lens + 16MP ultra-wide-angle lens.
The biggest difference is only to increase the screen refresh rate from 60Hz to 90Hz, in terms of price, 8GB +128GB high-end version 3599 yuan, 8GB+256GB high-end version 3999 yuan.
Although such a price is cheaper than when the Dingqiao M40 was first listed, for ordinary consumers, the same price can buy a mobile phone with better configuration and experience, such a price is just to buy a mobile phone that looks like Huawei Mate40, which is a bit unnecessary.
If you want to buy Huawei mobile phones at this point in time, in addition to the folding screen and P50 series, there are Mate50 series that will be listed around September, with Mate50e, Mate50, Mate50 Pro, Mate50 RS four models, and then add a large-screen version - Mate50X, but this phone is likely to wait until the end of the year.
Mate50 Pro rendering
As for 4G, with the enhancement and replenishment of technology, the 4G network is now much faster than the original 4G, and the 5G problem of Huawei mobile phones will be solved sooner or later, of course, this does not refer to the 5G mobile phone shell.