The pile of inventory had suppressed the smartphone preparation to a certain extent, but now Bent Reports that they are greater – smartphone production increased to 300 million units in the second quarter of 2025. This is 4 % from Q1 and Last year Q22 to 4.8 percent.
China runs a subsidy program for middle -distance and admission level equipment, which helped clean the inventions. The program also has the privilege of increasing production numbers of local smartphone brands.
However, two places in the world market are still occupied by foreign companies. Samsung is #1, with 58 million units developed in the quarter, which is reduced from 1 to 5 % this year – natural slowdown after the initial increase due to the new flagship start.
Apple is in a similar boat – it produced 46 million iPhones, which is 9 % less than the previous quarter. Interestingly is that production has increased by 4 % compared to Q2 last year and Bent With this, the iPhone credits the strong demand. Also, Apple deducted deep prices in China this May, which made a pair of local subsidies to help increase sales.
The next third is Xiaomi (it includes the Redmi and the Poko Branded model). The company made 42 million units and benefited from expanding China’s subsidy as well as expansion in South America and Africa.
The OPPO (together with One Plus and Rail) manufactured 37 million units – which is 35 % impressive after the first quarter is weakened.
Then there is a transition (techno, infinix, ITEL), which also bounced from the weakest of the year -33 % reached 27 million units in the quarter in the quarter. Finally, Vivo (including IQoo) increased by 8 % of the total 26 million units.
Overall, the top 6 smartphone makers contributed 80 % of the market in Q2 2025.
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