iPhone SE 2020 and other affordable devices help Japan Smartphone sales recover in Q3 2020

Japan has already attracted the attention of Chinese companies such as Xiaomi. There is a lot of uncertainty in the third quarter of 2020 due to the second wave of Covid-19, as the company has recovered from a weak smartphone sales in the second quarter. A report by Counterpoint Research said reasonably priced phones are the catalyst for such sales figures. Smartphone sales will break the 8 million mark for the first time in 2020, according to the report. This is both because the flu pandemic has forced a focus on cheap smartphones and because the government has not imposed any tough restrictions. To be precise, growth in the third quarter was 10% year-over-year, compared with a 24% decline in the second quarter. http://bit.ly/3pPl2Sn Some of the companies that have made significant contributions to sales include mid-range products like the iPhone 2020. Cheap devices like the Samsung Galaxy A20 and the Fujitsu Arrows BE4. Thanks to the Covid-19, the high-end smartphone that usually gets the most attention has been eclipsed in the middle and low end of the market. Specifically, the iPhone SE 2020 alone accounted for 26% of the total market share in the third quarter. In addition, sales in the third quarter presented new opportunities for Japan, with the share of phones under $150 growing 14% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2020, but the share of phones over $600 dropping to 18%. In terms of the company's market share, Apple reported a 5% year-over-year loss due to the delayed launch of the iPhone 12 series. By contrast, Samsung, Oppo and other companies with many phones have 8% and 5%, respectively.