The smartphone market could be very profitable globally and really aggressive in some markets. The highest Three smartphones on the earth are China, India and the U.S. markets. Whereas the U.S. is just not aggressive as a result of it’s an “Apple Market”, China and India are so aggressive that many manufacturers at the moment are turning their consideration away from these markets. One of many rising markets that smartphone manufacturers flip their consideration to is the Philipines. A couple of hours in the past, market analysis company, IDC introduced the Philippine smartphone market statistics for the second quarter of 2022.

Within the second quarter of 2022, smartphone shipments within the Philippines fell by 3.1% in comparison with the identical interval final yr, regardless of a sequential enhance of 9.1%. In accordance with studies, the Philippine market will ship 4.Three million models within the second quarter of 2022. Nonetheless, one conspicuous factor to note concerning the Philippines smartphone market is that it’s dominated by Chinese language manufacturers. In accordance with the IDC report, there are 4 Chinese language producers within the high 5 smartphone manufacturers within the Philippines. The highest 5 smartphone manufacturers rating within the Philippines are proven under 

1. Realme – 21.8% market share
2. Transsion Holdings (Infinix, Tecno and itel) – 20.5% market share
3. Xiaomi – 14.6% market share
4. Samsung – 11.8% market share 
5. Vivo – 10.7% market share

We will see from the listing above that South Korean manufacturing big, Samsung is the one non-Chinese language model within the high 5 listing.

“Sub-$200 smartphone shipments elevated considerably month-on-month as firms corresponding to Transsion Holdings and Cherry Cell launched new fashions on this phase, however remained low annually on account of low demand and provide. As a consequence of financial headwinds, shopper spending declined, as did shipments of fashions in greater worth classes,” stated Angela Medez, market analyst at IDC Philippines.

Prime 5 Smartphone Manufacturers within the Philippines Highlights (2Q22)

1. Realme

Realme holds the highest spot for the sixth consecutive quarter and now accounts for 21.8% of the Philippine smartphone market, with a quarterly development fee of 17.5%. Chinese language producer, Realme is doing fairly nicely within the smartphone market. Recall that whereas Xiaomi sits on high of the Indian market, Realme claims the second spot beating heavyweights like Samsung and Vivo. Thus, it isn’t a shock that the corporate is doing nicely within the Philippines. Realme’s main focus is on the mid-range and entry-level segments. This most certainly contributes to the corporate’s success within the Philippines market. Similar to India, the Philippines is a market that prefers smartphones that aren’t so costly. This is the reason costly manufacturers like Apple and Samsung is not going to accomplish that nicely on this market. 

2. Transsion Holdings

Within the Philippines smartphone market, the second place is occupied by one other Chinese language producer, Transsion Holdings. Transsion Holdings with its headquarters in Shenzhen has three smartphone manufacturers. Infinix, Tecno and itel are all smartphone manufacturers underneath the Transsion Holdings umbrella. Touted because the “King of Africa“, Transsion Holdings performs fairly nicely in markets that want low-cost smartphones. Whereas its Infinix model sells its high-end smartphones that are by the way in which largely pseudo-flagships, the Tecno model sells mainly mid-range smartphones whereas itel is for its entry-level fashions.

Within the Philippines, Transsion Holdings ranks second with shipments growing by 152.2% year-on-year. Its month-on-month enhance is about 13.5% and it occupies a 20.5% market share within the second quarter of 2022. Infinix’s retail growth plans and advertising campaigns have tripled the model year-over-year, accounting for almost 60% of Transsion’s shipments. The Transsion mannequin sells for a mean of simply $103, in contrast with $194 for the complete smartphone market.

3. Xiaomi

Contemplating the Philippines market is one which tilts in the direction of inexpensive smartphones, it’s completely no shock that Xiaomi is rating excessive within the Philippines. Xiaomi’s share climbed to 3rd place, accounting for 14.6% of the smartphone market. The Chinese language producer additionally data a year-on-year enhance of 1.2% in addition to a month-on-month enhance of 12.1%. Nonetheless, the general common worth of a unit of Xiaomi smartphone drops to $167. However, Xiaomi has all the time been listed because the best-selling cell phone on Shopee’s month-to-month gross sales listing model.

4. Samsung

South Korean manufacturing big, Samsung, is the biggest smartphone model on the earth for a purpose. Though Samsung is taken into account a flagship model, the corporate has smartphones in all segments. The Galaxy S collection is just a flagship collection however the firm additionally has the A collection and different collection that higher swimsuit the entry-level and mid-range markets. This is the reason Samsung has a spot within the Philippines smartphone market.

Samsung drops to fourth place, down 23.0% quarter-on-quarter and 12.0% year-on-year. The corporate’s gross sales account for 11.8% of the smartphone market, with the A-series down 23.9% relative to the earlier quarter. Evaluating the gross sales efficiency with final yr, Samsung’s 5G smartphone market share elevated by 146.2%. This accounts for at least 40% of Samsung’s whole smartphone shipments.

5. Vivo

The fifth model on this high 5 listing is one other Chinese language producer, Vivo. The corporate makes a return to the highest 5 after initially falling out just a few quarters in the past. Apparently, Vivo’s return is sort of grand with a 335.4% month-on-month enhance in a number of new fashions (<$100) launched at completely different worth factors.

“With telco PLDT not too long ago asserting plans to close down its 3G community by 2023, we might even see a fast migration from function telephones or older smartphones to newer fashions that help 4G or 5G. Word that the variety of 3G subscribers within the Philippines is fairly low, lower than 5 per cent of whole customers,” Medez stated.

Conclusion

The Philippines smartphone market is changing into more and more profitable. Nonetheless, it could take a while for flagship manufacturers to determine a market within the Philippines. As of now, the mid-range and entry-level markets are thriving.