According to a report given by Counterpoint Research, a market research organization, sales in China's smartphone market fell 8% month-on-month in 2019, while 5G mobile phone sales in this market accounted for 46% of the world's total last year, all driven by Huawei, not Samsung.

According to the report, Huawei is the biggest winner in China's mobile phone market in 2019. Its sales volume and market share are far ahead. Its market share of China's smart phones in 2019 is 24%, which is almost double that of 2018. However, this does not count the glory. If they are included in Huawei, the current market share of the whole big Huawei has reached 35%.

In addition to Huawei, OPPO and vivo are closely followed, but their market share has not increased by 18% compared with last year. Among the top five are Glory and Xiaomi, which have corresponding market shares of 11% and 10% respectively, with Xiaomi's market share in China falling 2% last year compared to 2018.

According to the above statistics of Counterpoin, Apple has been squeezed out of the top five. Even though they have achieved good sales results in the Chinese market with the relatively cheap iPhone 11, they still have not caused a big impact on Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and vivo.

However, Counterpoint analysts also bluntly said that due to various factors, Huawei is now very dependent on the Chinese mobile phone market, and the sudden epidemic has made them the most affected mobile phone brand.

Starting from 2019, 5G mobile phones have begun to become the choice for many users to switch phones, and in this year, the three major operators have also officially started commercial 5G networks. It is Huawei, not Samsung, that really drives 5G mobile phone sales in China's mobile phone market in 2019.

The report pointed out that although Samsung accounts for more than 40% of the global 5G sales, they have almost no real sales in the Chinese mobile phone market, but Huawei (including Glory) is different. One company will account for 74% of 5G mobile phone sales in the Chinese market in 2019.

In addition, Counterpoint also said that the impact of the epidemic is still continuing. Although many factories have already started to resume work, it is not so easy to fully operate, which also seriously restricts the production capacity of mobile phone manufacturers. It is estimated that the sales volume of China's smartphone market will drop by more than 20% in the first quarter of 2020, while the impact of the epidemic is relatively small for brands such as Xiaomi and Glory, which are more dependent on online.

Previous reports from statistical agencies showed that Huawei's 5G mobile phone shipments in 2019 ranked first in the world, with 6.9 million units and a market share of 36.9, while Samsung followed closely with 6.5 million units and a market share of 35.8. Vivo ranked third with 2 million units and a market share of 10.7.