Honor was the leading smartphone vendor in China for the first time since spinning off from Huawei

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Honor, the company that spun out from Huawei 18 months ago, is now the leading smartphone maker in Mainland China. The company managed to capture a 20% market share in its homeland, shipping 15.0 million units with stellar growth of 205%. Honor 60 series and X30 series were the major boosters that helped the company grow. Out of all the Chinese vendors, Honor was the only OEM to record growth, despite the ongoing COVID lockdowns in the region and component shortages. 

 

 

According to a recent report from Canalys, Smartphone shipment fell by 18% year on year in China, reaching 75.6 million units in Q1 2022. The outbreak of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and strict lockdowns in major cities affected the Chinese smartphone market. Although there’s a trend of sequential decline in demand and production in Q1, China’s smartphone market has been underperforming for nearly three years now.  

 

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People’s Republic of China (mainland) smartphone shipments and annual growth

Canalys Smartphone Market Pulse: Q1 2022

Vendor	Q1 2022 shipments (million)	Q1 2022 market share	Q1 2021 shipments (million)	Q1 2021 market share	Annual growth
HONOR	15.0	20%	4.9	5%	205%
OPPO	13.9	18%	21.0	23%	-34%
Apple	13.8	18%	11.8	13%	17%
vivo	12.2	16%	21.6	23%	-44%
Xiaomi	10.6	14%	13.5	15%	-22%
Others	10.2	13%	19.7	21%	-48%
Total	75.6	100%	92.5	100%	-18%

Notes: from Q1 2021, HONOR is not included in Huawei’s shipments; OnePlus is included in OPPO shipments;
percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding
Source: Canalys Smartphone Analysis (sell-in shipments), April 2022

 

Oppo with OnePlus included stayed in second place with 13.9 million units shipments and an 18% market share. Affected by all the unfavorable economic conditions, Oppo’s shipment fell 34% in Q1 2022. Apple was third with an 18% market share. The American company shipped 13.8 million units in the quarter, with a 17% growth year on year. Vivo and Xiaomi rounded up the top 5 list, and like Oppo, the two Chinese OEMs were also affected by COVID lockdowns as their shipments fell by 44% and 22%, respectively. 

 

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