Yesterday, the famous insider and designer Ben Geskin posted the first renderings of the foldable smartphone Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, which were created on the basis of leaks and information available on the Web.
This whistleblower is trustworthy as it was the first to show how the iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 will look a few months before the announcement, and also regularly posts high-quality renders of upcoming smartphones using blueprints and information leaks.
Judging by this image, when folded in the back, the smartphone will resemble the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra with its main camera unit. In addition, it will receive a stylus, like this flagship smartphone from the manufacturer. Previously, stylus support was not available in any of the company’s foldable smartphones.
The main flexible screen will receive very narrow bezels around the perimeter, as well as a front camera embedded in the screen.
The presentation of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is expected in the second half of this year.
IDC: The smartphone market has returned to growth
Experts of the analytical company IDC summed up the results of the fourth quarter of 2020 and the whole year in general on the smartphone market. As stated in the corresponding report, the smartphone market returned to growth. Sales in the fourth quarter of 2020 were 385.9 million units, which is 4.3% more than smartphones sold in the fourth quarter of 2019. At the same time, for the entire 2020, smartphones were sold 5.9% less than in 2019.
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At the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, Apple was named the market leader. It was able to increase sales in annual terms; that is, compared to 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%, as a result of which its share increased from 18.8% to 19.1%. The third place is taken by Xiaomi. Its share increased from 8.9% to 11.2%. The top five also include Oppo and Huawei. Also, The share of Oppo increased from 8.3% to 8.8%. The share of Huawei decreased from 15.2% to 8.4%.
As for 2020 as a whole, Samsung remained the leader with 20.6% of the market. Apple is in second place with 15.9%. The share of Huawei, which is in third place at the end of 2020, is 14.6%. The fourth-place belongs to Xiaomi, whose share is 11.4%, the fifth – to Vivo, whose share is 8.6%. In 2019, Samsung’s share was 21.6%, Apple’s 13.9%. Huawei – 17.5%, Xiaomi – 9.2%, Vivo – 8.0%.
