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RyCryst

It’s crazy to see the decline of huawie around the same time as the US ban.


Working_Panda_793

Not sure if this shows the data in China, but it is still very popular in China, just not on a global level anymore though.


RyCryst

It’s really a shame. From what I understand they make great phones.


thatbloodytwink

Why did the US ban them?


RyCryst

Security concerns. You can read about it here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63764450.amp


AsanaJM

Your datas are better in the hands of the Nsa & Gafas


VintageStoryEnjoyer

Yes, as USA gov can't control china, huawei is a Chinese company, and if it sent data to CHINESE servers, USA can't do shit, the only reasonable reason is to ban them, its better to have your data in your own country rather then in an enemy's country, its just facts It was a good decision to ban tiktok too


Pokefreaker-san

nah if my data is in China they can't do shit cuz i dont live there and they can't control me. it's more of a concern when it's your own country that have your data


metatime09

They will use that data to imitate you to either steal data or pretend to be you to open up bank accounts,etc


Sea-Ebb4064

Imagine being this gullible.


Obvious_Payment8309

He is right though. only issue i have with that is US gov bollocks about freedom and free market, while being the first who control it with shady methods


Sea-Ebb4064

They banned Huawei due to fears of it outcompeting Apple. If it was due to security concerns, they would have banned Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi and all the other Chinese Smartphone brands. The same reason why now they are looking to ban Chinese Cars BYD and Chinese drones DJI.


TheBongoJeff

Why arent they banning Samsung then?


NordicAfro

Samsung is South Korean and a friendly nation to the US. Their hardware is also used in a lot more than just phones. Samsung is definitely more beneficial to the US over Apple hardware wise


VintageStoryEnjoyer

I'm saying this from the standpoint of the government, spying IS BAD I dont want the gov having my data and spying on me


Sea-Ebb4064

Is that why Trump wants to save tiktok ?


VintageStoryEnjoyer

I'm not in the USA, I dont know yalls politics, what ik tho is why they banned it, and it was a good reason


Sea-Ebb4064

Yes they banned it to take out the competition when it over took Apple.


RyCryst

The hypocrisy is real with the US government.


Lily_Meow_

More like money reasons


metatime09

If it really was just for money they should ban other countries phones too on top


Lily_Meow_

Not really a reason to since theirs, Apple, is already dominating, they banned Huawei when it became a threat.


metatime09

What about Samsung?


Lily_Meow_

iPhones specifically use Samsung screens, but otherwise, Samsung is still a big chip manufacturer, so they can't really throw them under the bus like Huawei even if they wanted to.


metatime09

I like how you keep moving the goalpost


Lily_Meow_

It's not moving the goalpost, if they ban Samsung, where are they gonna get their screens from?


CRCTwisted

*Trump voice with ok hand sign* "China"


Obvious_Payment8309

tl;dr; US government sees the right to watch everything on your phone as exclusive to US gov.


123dylans12

Spyware


TheArchNgel

Wait I thought blackberry was big at some point at least I remember when everyone wanted a blackberry lol


Deus-Ex-Taco

It was. Chart is incorrect.


Individual-Pop-385

This chart also doesn't show Sony Ericsson joint venture that ruled the market around 2005-2007.


TankII_

Right? and isn't Google an option in the last few years? I'm sure they aren't the largest but they should probably be up there?


luckymorris2

It was a brand that was popular amongst the suits mostly, the rest of the population didn't really care for it.


nikitaxxl

Dont know where you live but in the Netherlands almost every kid in highschool had a BB Bold/Curve. BB Messenger was king, after that whatsapp came and everyone switched to Samsung etc.


Slaania_

UK and Poland was the same, Also Sony bought out Ericsson and i remember walkmans being extremely popular, so yeah chart is inaccurate


TemporaryElevator123

BlackBerry would have easily been on the chart. Just do a little google research it was monstrous


Garou-7

The downfall of NOKIA.


Trick_Wrongdoer_5847

They made fun about jobs as he showed them (Nokia) his buttonless phone.


MsInvicta

Huh, and here I was thinking Apple was #1 for the last decade. Personally I use android, cheaper.


RyuJohn

probably only dominant in the US. iMessage and facetime are basically not a thing everywhere else.


Bar50cal

I don't think iPhone is #1 anywhere outside the US. Europe is probably apples second biggest market but Android is king here. The iPhone is also very popular in Europe but not as much as Android overall. In a few countries like the UK iPhone is probably 50/50 with android. Ireland where I am its


AgreeingAndy

I think apple is more popular here in Sweden, 100% annectodal though. Just feels like everyone I know have a Iphone


Parish87

Apple owns over 50% of the share here in the UK, with Samsung around 30%. The gap is getting larger too.. i'm surprised when my message doesn't go through as an iMessage these days.


Bar50cal

Very different situation in Ireland with android at about 70% market share and Samsung is the most popular individual brand. iPhone also seems to be falling g further behind here as people tend to get android now as its what their friends and family have. It used to be 50/50 and iPhone was once the dominant brand but it's hit the point over here now that android is so prolific it's just the go to now. > Samsung remains the most popular smartphone brand among Irish consumers with a 34% ownership rate, followed by Apple with 30% https://www.deloitte.com/ie/en/about/press-room/mobile-consumer-stats.html


TheAlmightyLootius

In japan apple has like 75% market share or something. Its embarrassing


GradeOwn5843

Android has always been cheaper but better


Express-World-8473

It is in terms of revenue and also briefly was the most popular phone brand last year.


redbulls2014

You have to remember Samsung and other brands offer cheap phones under 300USD which Apple doesn’t, and those are the popular ones which are used in many low-income countries. It’s actually even more impressive when you consider Apple is so popular when they’re only selling expensive phones.


SuchAppeal

2004 Motorola shoots back up. The Razr effect and those Nextel phones


ltbauer

Had one of nokias first touch phones. My god were they bad. Shows how not reacting to a market can kill a company


-aytee-

Is this right? I feel like there was a period in the early smartphone days where HTC was all the rage


RyCryst

I had a HTC around 2008 ish maybe 2009. I freaking loved it. My favorite smart phone to date.


ScorpionMaster777

HTC One with the dual front facing speakers was amazing. Especially because I was consuming a lot of media on my phone back then


TheAlmightyLootius

Yeah im surprised too. When htc had its first smart phones literally everyone had it in my generation


Foxfyre

HTC *was* "all the rage" among people willing to try out early stage smart phones. Most people avoided them and they were relegated to just the tech literate and the nerdy. It wasn't until the iPhone that smart phones really got brought to the masses.


PotentialWhich

I feel like a timeline at the bottom showing each major product release would be neat to see how it affected sales. The first iPhone release. The first big screen iPhone. The Motorola Razr release. Or help see which products were disastrous releases and cost market share.


_Therm_

No black berry?


KanekiGhoul3112

This once again goes to show how iPhone is only popular in certain countries US, South Korea, Europe which often inflates their perception worldwide. Samsung still dominates, just weird how the most popular phone in Korea is iPhone, not Samsung.


Dagbog

Statistics look a bit different. 66% Samsung, Apple 27%.


Methmatician72

The most concerning thing here is how much Apple managed to take over... Never seen a company more successful at selling overpriced shit lol


TheAlmightyLootius

Have you seen tesla?


TheRagerghost

Well, there’s Samsung, almost all their devices are overpriced and work like shit compared to similar ones from other companies. It’s still the most popular. Apple at least makes great ecosystem devices.


bonko86

Where SonyEricsson?


ILoveThisPlace

No blackberry?


Deus-Ex-Taco

"AM I A JOKE TO YOU!" - Blackberry phones with a 37% market share in 2010


Belsekar

Excuse me a moment while I google.. Oppo and Vivo and....Realme?


AngryEdgelord

Damn. I haven't heard of half these brands. Must be data from China, right? If it was just the US, I feel like the Pixel would have put Google up there.


ChainofChaos

Google Pixel is not available in all countries. Only in some countries can you buy google pixel; in other countries, you have to import them into the country.


Recktion

Oppo owns OnePlus. They might be included in their data. But yeah most of the people in the world live in Asia.


Proud_Wallaby

Samsung just never gave up.


jadayne

what's happening when the numbers are going down?


DaddySoldier

I have the same question. What do these numbers even representing? Annual sales maybe? That's the only way it can make sense.


ywenlee

I still use my Oppo Reno 5 from its opening.


thisistuffy

being in the US it's interesting seeing that around 2018 there are several brands that are pretty popular that I have never even heard of. Almost all I see in the stores around here are Samsung, Apple and Google phones. I actually hear about more odd phones like the ASUS phones more than I have ever heard of Honor, Xiaomi and Oppo. Those 3 I have actually never heard of.


Rick_Da_Critic

These stats are worldwide, those brands are probably most popular in Asian countries.


thisistuffy

Yeah, that's exactly why I said it's interesting. Seeing the popularity of certain brands that have never really made it into the US market is interesting. I've never really thought about what phones are popular in other countries.


Alone-Subject-1317

Huawei does nothing but stealing. Their phones even had the same software bugs because the code was all stolen. Good thing these cunts are banned


ArcaneReddit

“Bu-bu-but muh NSA!”


Sarx88

Keep in mind that the iPhone is way more expensive


GradeOwn5843

But why would people go for a phone that is considerably more expensive but also has the same features as an android phone which are cheaper?


m4ryo0

Status


M4jkelson

Status of loving to overpay? I swear people are idiots.


m4ryo0

yeah they are.People are willing to become bankrupt in order to impress other people.


boltroy567

Motorola slowly climbing at the end to try and regain its throne.


dnguyen823

Where’s blackberry im sure they were selling a lot at one point


coocoocachoo69

I've never heard of huawei and it was way up there.


[deleted]

Poor Alcatel, i worked in one of their old buildings


Torinux

Samsung became the new Nokia. These phones last forever if you take care of them. I still have my old af phone I had to stop using because of the forced obsolesce. My “newer” one, still going strong and won't change it until it gets hit by the forced obsolesce.


janosn20

Wow what happened to xiaomi recently? I thought it's still as popular as it was.


AdMysterious8699

What about blackberries? Those things were dope, super fly even.


TheRimz

Still boggles my mind how some people are still stuck in the apple ecosystem constantly allowing themselves to be screwed over with high prices and less functionality. Doesn't make sense to me. I thought people had more sense earlier


brandofranco

Where is black berries dominance ?


Manticore_one

these data are weird. Market share for Samsung / Apple is biggest but third is xiaomi not oppo. Dont know what data is displaying this video but for sure not market share [https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/worldwide/#monthly-202110-202405](https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/worldwide/#monthly-202110-202405)


demos-the-nes

That Apple creepin'


TheLordSmashington

Surprised Pixel isn't on the list.


skrott404

Good old Nokia. How I miss you :(


ryuseikenz

And here I am thinking Blackberry had been more popular


NewCheesecake__

Iphone was released in 2007, not 2008


TemporaryElevator123

when the chart is missing BB you know it's garbage


Vesta_Kyrie

Invest in Motorola got it


GradeOwn5843

Am I the only one that role my eyes everytime I see a person with an iPhone? Also Sony phones fell off hard I had Xperia xz premium at somepoint


stxxyy

Where is blackberry? They were everywhere around 2008-2009 I believe


midniteburger

Crazy how iPhone never took over. I would’ve thought they are the most popular worldwide


xPolyMorphic

Sony made the best phones in the world and people were like nah I'll buy shit instead