According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics global 5G smartphone sales will surge 1,300 percent to a record 250 million units in 2020. Apple iPhone, Huawei, and Samsung are driving the 5G smartphone market higher this year.
Apple will also certainly unveil its 5G-enabled iPhones at next week’s “Hi, Speed” event. It will be held on Tuesday, Oct.13, at 10 a.m. (Pacific).
“A quarter-billion 5G smartphones will be sold worldwide in 2020. China and United States are the two largest 5G countries,” Ken Hyers, director at Strategy Analytics, says. “Apple iPhone, Huawei, and Samsung are the top-three brands that together will capture two-thirds of all 5G smartphone sales globally this year.”