By Josh Ye
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese language smartphone maker Realme stated it had shipped greater than 200 million telephones because it was established slightly over 5 years in the past, most of them exterior China, with knowledge displaying it was the fifth quickest smartphone maker to attain this milestone.
Realme, owned by Chinese language shopper {hardware} big BBK Electronics which additionally owns the Oppo and Vivo manufacturers, stated it had reached the 200 million mark within the second quarter.
Information from market analytics agency Counterpoint Analysis reveals that solely 4 firms – Vivo, Huawei, Samsung and Apple – have taken much less time to ship the identical variety of models. In complete, simply 14 firms globally which have shipped over 200 million telephones thus far.
“We got here into existence when there have been over 700 smartphone manufacturers on the earth,” stated Xu Qi, Realme’s chief advertising officer. “We’re extraordinarily proud that we have now been in a position to be on the earth’s high 10 manufacturers for the previous 5 years.”
Based on Counterpoint Analysis, there have been greater than 700 telephone manufacturers in 2017 and that quantity has plunged to about 250 in September.
Xu stated Realme was able to tackle premium telephones with its upcoming launch, the Realme GT 5 Professional, which might be among the many first handsets to function Qualcomm’s newest high-end chip the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Sony’s new Lytia digicam sensor.
Xiaomi has lately launched the Xiaomi 14 Professional which additionally runs on the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
(Reporting by Josh Ye; Modifying by Miral Fahmy)
