Samsung and Huawei continue to dominate the clamshell market

Currently, only a handful of brands have launched their clamshell smartphones, which means that certain brands continue to dominate the market. While this was expected to change because it was expected that many more handset companies would be active in this field and launch their clamshell phones in the market, but this delay or non-introduction of such handsets by other manufacturers will cause companies and brands such as Samsung and Huawei continue to dominate this segment of the market. Along چیکاو Be.

It was in this one or two days ago that we published the news that “Google is abandoning the plan to build a foldable pixel phone due to its unpreparedness for competition.” The report said that Google was apparently suspending or canceling its plan to design and build its future clamshell smartphone, which was supposed to be marketed as “Pixel Fold”.

Although the main reason for the cancellation is unknown, it seems that a combination of supply constraints and development issues may be the main reason. In other words, Samsung and Huawei are still the top manufacturers in this category and have the market for clamshell phones.

According to Ross Young of the DSCC, the cancellation or postponement or reduction of the production of clamshell phones by Google and other brands due to chip shortages will increase Samsung’s market share from 83% last year to 86% in 2021. Earlier, analysts had estimated that the South Korean tech giant’s market share would decline as reports from other manufacturers’ activities in the field suggested that several clamshell models from other brands would be available before the end. This year, the market share of these two brands, especially Samsung, which has a vast majority of this market, will be reduced.

Now, however, it seems that this may not be the case any time soon and there will not be much change because many brands that were supposed to launch their clamshell phones have not even managed to unveil their device yet, so we should not expect Their clamshell phones would soon be on display in stores.

Similarly, Huawei is still the second largest manufacturer of clamshell smartphones, yet the brand has a market share of only 10%. So it is easy to see that the clamshell smartphone segment is easily dominated by the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Samsung Galaxy Z3 Flip 3 models, and Samsung, as the largest manufacturer of mobile phones, continues to thrive in this segment.