Smartphone shipments to the France market grew by 5% annually  and sequentially in Q3 2022. It is the second consecutive quarter of annual growth for this market. It was the third largest smartphone market in the Western European region. Detailed analysis and estimates are available here from our Smartphone Country Share Tracker (SCST) Service.

Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi were the top three vendors in the quarter and in that order. Market shares for the three stood at 33%, 24% and 13% respectively. The top five vendors together accounted for 80% of the market.

It’s among the few markets where Chinese vendors have not been able to take hold of. They together accounted for 32% of the volumes in the quarter. This is 5% below of what they held a year ago.

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