As the starting price decreases, 5G smartphones are gaining more and more popularity. However, it was Samsung, in the assortment of which far-priced smartphones with support for fifth-generation networks are still presented, that was able to lead the new market.

In the first quarter, Samsung shipped about 8.3 million 5G-enabled phones worldwide, occupying 34.4% of the corresponding market. Chinese manufacturers such as Huawei, Vivo and Xiaomi, despite the presence of more accessible 5G models in the portfolio, could not lead this rating.

The second place was taken by Huawei, which shipped 8 million smartphones with 5G support and took 33.2%, closely approaching Samsung. Vivo was able to occupy 12% of the global 5G market, followed by Xiaomi with 10.4%.

In general, 24.1 million smartphones with 5G support were sold worldwide in the first quarter of the year, while the technology is still in its infancy and is not yet available for all countries.

This year, a large number of low-cost 5G smartphones will appear on the market, as well as the first iPhone 5G, which will help to popularize fifth-generation networks.