With the rapid development of science and technology, the mobile phone market is very different from that 30 years ago. At the end of last century, Nokia and Motorola were the main forces in the mobile phone market. By 2021, the market share of these brands had shrunk greatly. How did this happen? Mobile China obtained a video about the change of mobile phone market share in the past 30 years from foreign media. The video shows the rise and fall of various mobile phone manufacturers. The data span is from December 1992 to December 2021.
In 1983, Motorola, an American company, launched the world's first commercial dynatac 8000x. This revolutionary analog phone costs nearly $4000 and users can talk for up to 30 minutes. Subsequently, Motorola continued to launch more devices and quickly became the leader of this emerging industry. At the beginning of the mobile phone market, Nokia, a Finnish multinational company, was able to compete with Motorola in strength. The company acquired mobira, an early mobile network pioneer.
By January 1999, Nokia surpassed Motorola to become a leading mobile phone manufacturer, accounting for 21.4% of the global market share. This is only slightly higher than Motorola's 20.8%. It is reported that one of the reasons for Nokia's soaring popularity is that the company has made significant progress in the field of digital phones. In 1999, the company released the Nokia 7110, the first mobile phone with a web browser.
Time comes to 2007, Apple Mobile phones have entered the market and subverted the mobile phone industry. In 2007, Steve Jobs showed the [iPhone] to the outside world at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco( https://apple.pvxt.net/c/1251234/435400/7639?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fcn%2Fiphone%2F )。 A year later, Apple launched the app store, allowing users to download applications and games to their phones. It can be said that it has opened a new era of smart phones.
By the end of 2021, apple held about 27.3% of the global mobile market. In addition, Korean < a data link = "1" href = "" target = "_blank" > Samsung < / a > and Chinese < a data link = "1" href = "" target = "_blank" > Huawei < / a > and < a data link = "1" href = "" target = "_blank" > Xiaomi < / a > brands have also established a solid foothold in the global mobile phone market. Xiaomi has a market share of 10.9% and Huawei has a market share of 8.5%. What brands of mobile phones have you used?