Galaxy Z Flip 3 is the best-selling folding screen smartphone in 2021-Hi-tech fashion

According to the latest statistics, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G was the most shipped foldable phone worldwide last year.

With each passing year, the phone market folding screen became more developed as features were added, prices dropped and more manufacturers started to invest in them. The past 2021 has been a breakthrough year for the Galaxy Z series of Samsung in terms of quantity shipped. A new report published by analytics firm Omdia has revealed that, out of 11 high-end foldable smartphones that hit the market last year, five of them were Samsung products.

Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G.

Last year’s most popular foldable smartphone was the Galaxy Z Flip 3 with 4.6 million units shipped. This figure represents a spectacular growth compared to 1.1 million Galaxy Z Flip units in 2020. Perhaps the most important change made to the 2021 Galaxy Z Flip is the addition of water resistance. .

Samsung dominated the foldable smartphone market last year

With an IPX8 rating, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 offers no protection from dust. However, the phone was able to soak up water to a depth of nearly 5 meters for 30 minutes without damage. Additionally, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3 (also IPX8 rated), are the first foldable phones to feature water resistance.

Another big change to the Galaxy Z Flip, even more important than the addition of water resistance, is the size of the External Display. The Galaxy Z Flip 3 only has a small 1.1-inch external display – pretty useless.

Market share of foldable smartphones.

With the 1.9-inch external screen on the Galaxy Flip 3, users can easily view notifications without opening the phone, use it as a viewfinder for selfies, see the time, access settings and utilities, and quickly use Samsung Pay. Galaxy Z Flip 3 is also tens of millions cheaper with its predecessor.

Besides adding water resistance to the Galaxy Z Fold 3, Samsung made the screen more durable and also added support for the S Pen. Samsung has also reduced the price of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 to from 41.99 million VND – nearly 10 million VND lower than the Galaxy Z Fold 2. As a result, the number of goods shipped from 700,000 units in 2020 to 2.5 million. cars in 2021.

To sum up, Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3 sold 7.1 million devices, or 61%. Samsung expects its number of foldable phones to grow by up to 70% this year.

In addition to the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3 being the first and second foldable phones to be shipped last year, the third is the Huawei Mate X2. Despite the expensive price (from $ 2,800 to VND 64 million), Huawei has sold 500,000 units in 2021, surpassing the sales of the previous generation Galaxy Z Flip 5G and Galaxy Z Fold 2.

Huawei has shipped 5G and 4G versions of the Mate X2

Because US export rules prevent Huawei from receiving chips from foundries using US equipment, the company had to sell the Huawei Mate X2 with only 4G LTE support, with sales estimated at 300,000 units.

Next on the list is the Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold, the second generation of which is expected to be released in the first half of this year. Also, Oppo Find N is the eighth phone on the list with an almost square screen. Next is Samsung’s Galaxy W21 (similar to the Galaxy Z Flip, only available in China) and Huawei P50 Pocket (designed like the Galaxy Z Flip).

Huawei Mate X.

Honor Magic V was released in January so it has not been included in this ranking. On the other hand, Vivo will launch its folding screen smartphone around the first half of this year.

Omida expects 14 million foldable phones to be shipped in 2022, significantly more than 9 million units in 2021. By 2026, the analytics firm expects display shipments. folded will reach 61 million units, accounting for 3.6% of the total smartphone volume.