5G wholesale handset revenues are growing fast. Global 5G handset industry revenues grew 400%+ and shipments 465% yearly during Q1 2021 due to a strong push of 5G devices by Chinese vendors and Apple joining the 5G era. Apple became the world’s largest 5G handset vendor by shipments and Apple is also largest by value. Combined revenue for 5G from Oppo, vivo, Xiaomi was almost double their LTE revenue.
Apple is still the world's largest 4G handset vendor by revenue and Samsung retained its place as the leading 4G vendor in shipments.
Our extensive report provides quarterly global 5G and LTE handset shipments, wholesale (transfer) pricing, and revenue metrics for 28 major vendors from Q4 2011 to Q1 2021. The report is a vital tool for monitoring the financial health and tiered market share of leading 5G and LTE brands such as Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo, Apple and others.