People once said that China would soon dominate Android

‌However, looking at the current situation,
Huawei, which reached 2nd place in the world in 2020, saw its market share drop to 1.88%,
and Xiaomi, which rose to a 16% global market share in Q2 2021, dropped to 11% by Q2 2026.
Vivo has been in the 8% range for several years,
and Oppo's market share, which once reached 12%, has dropped to 8%.
On the other hand, Samsung and Apple remain unchanged, with Samsung at 23% and Apple at 21% in Q2 2026.
People once said that China would completely take over the Android camp,
but looking at it lately, the opposite is happening: Chinese smartphone market share is continuously declining.
A similar trend is seen in the TV sector.
People keep saying that China is catching up in TVs, but while TCL did take 1st place once with 16% for the single month of December last year,
Samsung has remained in 1st place ever since.
Unlike the smartphone market,
where Apple has a higher market share in terms of revenue even though Samsung leads in unit market share,
the TV market is the opposite.
Samsung maintains a 3% gap over TCL, at roughly 17% vs 14%,
but in terms of revenue market share, Samsung records more than double at 31.3%.
This process seems to be becoming almost solidified.
China is following the same strategy Korea used when it took the home appliance market from Japan,
but it should be noted that Korea also understands exactly why Japan fell into ruin.
Despite media manipulation suggesting that China would catch up quickly through its domestic market power, and attempts to sway public opinion via internet Joseonjok (ethnic Koreans from China),
they are not easily overtaking the market in either smartphones or TVs.