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Although Apple is a bit late to the 5G get together, it seems to be overtaking Samsung in 5G gross sales already. Counterpoint Research stories that the iPhone 12, which went on pre-order on October 16 and began delivery on October 23, was the greatest promoting 5G-enabled smartphone throughout the world in October. Prior to that, in September, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra was the top-selling 5G telephone globally.
The iPhone 12 additionally made its manner to the prime 10 bestseller listing of 5G smartphones for January-October, incomes the seventh place.
Counterpoint additionally believes that there’s substantial pent-up demand for 5G gadgets inside the iOS base and it’s getting transformed into gross sales now. In the US, the place greater than a 3rd of iPhone 12 and 12 Pro shipments originated from in October, gross sales are additionally getting a lift from provider promos. The handsets additionally appear to be doing effectively in China and Japan. It additionally helps that the iPhone 12 is obtainable in greater than 140 international locations, which suggests it has wider protection than competing 5G telephones.
Popularity of the iPhone 12 may additionally speed up the deployment of mmWave 5G
The iPhone 12 fashions offered in the US additionally assist mmWave 5G, and this elevated the penetration of mmWave succesful smartphones from 5 % in September to 12 % in October. The popularity of the iPhone 12 may incentivize operators to speed up deployment. This would assist Apple lay the groundwork to leverage the energy of mmWave in AR/VR.
The demand for Apple’s new smartphones is predicted to stay robust by This fall 2020, particularly throughout the holidays. The momentum is predicted to proceed into early 2021 because of the delayed launch of the iPhone 12 sequence.
The telephones additionally elevated the share of 5G-enabled smartphones to 24 % for the first time in October.
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