Apple’s iPhone accounted for 52.6% of Japan’s smartphone market in quarter four

Apple was Japan’s biggest smartphone market in 2020, according to a new report from the IDC research group, as noted by GizChina.

The Japan mobile phone market reached 11.432 million shipments in the fourth quarter of 2020 with a 10.6% year-on-year growth. IDC says this was mostly due to the release of the 5G-capable iPhone 12 series. 

Apple’s shipments incremented by 13.8% year-over-year with 6.015 million units. The company had 52.6% market share in the fourth quarter of 2020.