There is no 5G, but also the phone can be sold to the first in the market segment, perhaps only Huawei.

In the overall sluggishness of the domestic cell phone market in 2022, the folding screen cell phone segment has seen a counter trend of growth.

According to CINNO Research data, folding screen phone sales in the domestic market reached 2.83 million units in 2022, a significant increase of 144.4% year-on-year, and by quarterly data, domestic folding phone sales have been positive year-on-year growth for nine consecutive quarters.

Specifically. Huawei foldable phone sales of about 1.44 million units in 2022, an increase of 132% year-on-year, firmly ranking first in the domestic folding machine market sales.The outstanding market performance of Huawei P50 Pocket and Huawei Mate X2 Collector's Edition is inseparable from the achievement of the domestic sales champion.

Among them, Huawei P50 Pocket has been the domestic folding screen phone single-quarter sales champion for three consecutive quarters in Q1/Q2/Q3 since its launch in December 2021, and its Pocket S, which was launched in November, jumped to the fourth quarter sales champion.

In terms of market share, theHuawei's market share reached 51% in 2022, more than 50%, although down 2.8% year-on-year, but still leading the domestic folding screen phone market.

It is worth mentioning that Huawei is also the only manufacturer in the industry with three folding forms: internal, external and vertical folding, and has so far launched six generations of folding screen phones.

Huawei Managing Director Yu Chengdong has mocked himself by saying thatIt's a joke that Huawei, the global leader in 5G, is the only vendor selling 4G phones in the 5G era.

However, for consumers, especially folding screen users, 5G or 4G does not seem to have much impact. If Kirin 5G can still return, I believe the cell phone market will usher in a new pattern.