Dubai – Freshly unveiled facts from IDC’s Globally Quarterly Mobile Mobile phone Tracker shows that shipments of smartphones to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region declined 7.8% yr on yr in Q1 2023, with modest advancement of .8% on the former quarter.
Saudi Arabia is the largest smartphone marketplace in the GCC, adopted by the UAE. The two markets posted yearly declines as vendors and channels prioritized shipments of larger-stop gadgets at reduced portions, with shipments of low-finish and midrange equipment envisioned to follow in the second quarter of the yr. Normal marketing costs (ASPs) saw a noteworthy annually and quarterly increase throughout all the GCC nations owing to improved inventory of quality devices.
Samsung leads the GCC’s overall smartphone market in shipment conditions, followed by Apple in 2nd put and Xiaomi in third. “Apple and Samsung substantially ramped up their shipments of quality products in Q1 2023,” says Akash
