“Xiaomi” defeats “Samsung” in the European markets… The second victory in less than a month

The Chinese company, Xiaomi, officially became the best-selling smartphone in Europe for the first time, beating Samsung for the first time.

Xiaomi overtook its South Korean counterpart, Samsung, to rank first in the number of phone shipments in Europe, after it shipped 12.7 million phones in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 67.1 percent year on year, according to new figures from the market research company, Strategy Analytics.
“Xiaomi has achieved great success in Russia, Ukraine, Spain and Italy among other countries, and has found enthusiastic customers for its feature-rich and value-rich Mi and Redmi smartphone series,” said the company’s assistant director, Boris Mitodiev, through a press release.

On the other hand, according to “Strategy Analytics” data, “Samsung’s shipments” fell 7 times in the same period to 12 million units, despite the fact that the Korean company is still the largest seller of phones in the world.

In their report, Strategy Analytics researchers confirmed that the total shipments of smartphones in Europe in 2021 witnessed an increase thanks to the recovery after (Covid-19), noting that the American company, “Apple” showed a good growth of 15.7 percent, thanks to its customers’ interest in the latest developments. Her smart phone “iPhone 12”.

And the Chinese company, “Xiaomi” quarter in phone shipments in Europe, is its second victory in 2021, after it was announced on July 16 that it had surpassed Apple for the first time, and replaced it in second place in the smart phone sales market during the second quarter of the year. current year.