Transsion took the top spot, growing 98.3% annually and accounting for over one-third of total shipments in 2023 as the company reached a new high with all three sub-brands positioned in the ultra low-end segment.
For this year’s update of its flagship smartphone models, tech titan Samsung has chosen to focus more on software, particularly AI, rather than on hardware upgrades which it has done in the past.
A sort of shifting of power at the top of the largest consumer electronics market was driven by an all-time high market share for Apple and a first time at the top.
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 0.1% year over year to 302.8 million units in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23), according to research firm IDC.
Transsion, whose brands include Tecno and Inifinix, took a sizeable lead, accounting for 38% of total shipments in 2Q23 and retaining the top spot for two consecutive quarters.
The Infinix Note 12 Pro 5G is a welcome upgrade to the brand’s midrange line. Despite a few trade-offs, the refreshed Note model solves the pain points consumers had against its predecessor.
Even without access to the ubiquitous Google marketplace, independent China-based tech company Honor says it remains poised to formalize its return to the Philippine market in last quarter of 2022 with the launch of new smartphone models.
After more than a year of absence from physical retail shelves, Shenzhen-based smartphone brand Honor is making a comeback in the Philippines through a strategic partnership with local distributor Iridium Philippines that was officially signed on Tuesday, August 9.
The Motorola Edge 30 Pro joins the league of smartphones equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile platform like the Xiaomi 12 Pro, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and the Realme GT 2 Pro.
Realme recently added a new Narzo device designed for gamers with a tight budget. The new Realme Narzo 50A improves on the Narzo 30A released earlier this year in February with newer Android and Realme UI versions, higher memory and storage, a higher quality main camera, and two new color variants: Oxygen Blue and Oxygen Green.
