Yesterday, the famous insider and designer Ben Geskin posted the first renderings of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 folding smartphone, which were created based on leaks and information available on the web.
This whistleblower is reliable, as he was the first to show what the iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 will look like a few months before the announcement, and also regularly publishes high-quality renderings of upcoming smartphones using designs and leaks.
Judging by this image, when folded back, the smartphone will look like the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra with its main camera unit. In addition, you will receive a stylus, like this flagship smartphone from the manufacturer. Previously, pen support was not available on any of the company’s foldable smartphones.
The flexible main screen will receive very narrow bezels across the perimeter, as well as a front camera built into the screen.
The presentation of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is scheduled for the second half of this year.
IDC: The smartphone market has grown again
Experts from analytical firm IDC summarized the results for the fourth quarter of 2020 and for the whole year in general on the smartphone market. As stated in the corresponding report, the smartphone market has grown again. Sales in the fourth quarter of 2020 were 385.9 million units, 4.3% more than smartphones sold in the fourth quarter of 2019. At the same time, throughout 2020, smartphones were sold 5.9% less than in 2019.
At the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, Apple was named market leader. It was able to increase sales in annual terms; that is, in comparison with the same quarter of the previous year, by 22.2% – from 73.8 to 90.1 million devices. This led to an increase in Apple’s share from 19.9% to 23.4%. The second place is occupied by Samsung, which in annual terms increased sales by 6.2%, so its share went from 18.8% to 19.1%. The third place is occupied by Xiaomi. Its share went from 8.9% to 11.2%. The top five also include Oppo and Huawei. In addition, Oppo’s stake increased from 8.3% to 8.8%. Huawei’s share decreased from 15.2% to 8.4%.
With regard to 2020 as a whole, Samsung remained at the top with 20.6% of the market. Apple is in second place with 15.9%. Huawei’s share, which ranked third at the end of 2020, is 14.6%. The fourth place belongs to Xiaomi, whose participation is 11.4%, the fifth – to Vivo, whose participation is 8.6%. In 2019, Samsung’s share was 21.6%, and 13.9% for Apple. Huawei – 17.5%, Xiaomi – 9.2%, Vivo – 8.0%.