In one other signal of weakening iPhone dominance, Android anticipated to develop 2x quicker than iOS

Apple had a quick interval of victory final yr when it snatched the highest spot from Samsung, which had been sitting on it for 12 years. Samsung regained the place within the first quarter of 2024 and can seemingly maintain on to it for the remainder of the yr.

This was the third straight quarter of progress and indicated that the market was on the street to restoration. 

Apple misplaced 10 p.c market share throughout the first three months of the yr whereas Samsung noticed of decline of beneath one p.c. 

Chinese language corporations Xiaomi and Transsion had been the most important winners, with year-over-year progress of 33.8 p.c and 84.9 p.c, respectively.

Here is what the market share leaderboard seemed like on the finish of Q1 2024:

Apple’s dismal efficiency previously quarter may be chalked all the way down to falling demand in China, which is the second-largest marketplace for the corporate. 

Apple’s present choices do not have the type of synthetic intelligence options that others like Samsung have delivered to their telephones. The corporate is predicted to speak about its efforts within the space on the June developer convention.

Total, the smartphone will proceed its restoration this yr, helped tremendously by AI. IDC believes that ‘Samsung is in good place to develop additional this yr.’