Kumapeto kwa chaka chatha kunabweretsa kuchepa kwa 6% pakugulitsa ma smartphone. Ziwerengero zochokera ku IDC zikuwonetsa kuti mitundu inayi mwa asanu apamwamba idagulitsa mafoni ochepa. Apple ndi 1,3 peresenti, Samsung ndi 4,4 peresenti, Huawei ndi 9,7 ndi Oppo ngakhale ndi 13,2. Chokhacho mwa asanu apamwamba ndi Xiaomi yaku China, yomwe idagulitsa mafoni pafupifupi kawiri pachaka. Mitundu ina kenako idagulitsa ma 17,6 peresenti ya mafoni ochepera chaka ndi chaka.
Malinga ndi IDC, idakhala kampani yopambana kwambiri pagawo lachinayi la 2017 Apple, yomwe idagulitsa mafoni 77,3 miliyoni. Samsung yachiwiri idagulitsa 74,1 ndipo yachitatu Huawei idagulitsa mafoni 41 miliyoni. Xiaomi adagulitsa mafoni 28,1 miliyoni m'miyezi itatu yapitayi chaka chatha. M'chaka chapitacho, idasowa kuchokera pamagulu asanu apamwamba.
Msika wam'manja woyamba wa chaka chonse cha 2017 ndi Samsung, yomwe idagulitsa mafoni 317,3 miliyoni, 101,5 miliyoni kuposa yachiwiri. Apple ndipo pafupifupi awiri peresenti kuposa mu 2016. Apple anagulitsa ma iPhones 215,8 miliyoni, omwe ndi chiwonjezeko chaka ndi chaka ndi awiri peresenti. Huawei, yemwe kwa kanthawi adakhala nambala yachiwiri padziko lonse lapansi, adamaliza pachitatu. Huawei adagulitsa mafoni a m'manja okwana 153,1 miliyoni, makamaka chifukwa cha kufunikira kwakukulu kwa mafoni amtundu wa Mate, ndipo mtundu wotsika mtengo wa Honor unawonjezera kupanga kwake ndi chakhumi.
Komabe, Huawei adataya chiyembekezo chakukula kwakukulu mu 2018, kukakamizidwa kwa boma la US kwa ogwira ntchito m'deralo kunachepetsa mwayi wa kampaniyo kuti ikhazikike ku North America. Oppo anali wachinayi ndi kuwonjezeka kwa chaka ndi chaka ndi 12 peresenti. Komabe, kampani ya alongo Vivo sinawonekere pamndandandawo. Xiaomi ali pamalo achisanu paziwerengero za chaka chonse cha 2017. Xiaomi adathandizidwa ndi udindo wamphamvu ku India ndi Russia komanso ku Ulaya, chaka chatha Xiaomi anafika ku Czech Republic, mwachindunji popereka operekera mafoni chifukwa cha chithandizo. ya ma frequency a LTE aku Europe komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa foni ya Mi A1 kuchokera pulogalamuyi Android Amene ali ndi woyera Androidem m'malo mwa MIUI yongogwiritsa ntchito. Samsung ipezeka mwalamulo ku Mobile World Congress chaka chino Galaxy S9 ndi S9 Plus. Komabe, malinga ndi zomwe zilipo, sangabweretse zatsopano zazikulu, adzabwera pambuyo pake ndi foni yokhala ndi mawonekedwe osinthika. Samsung idalonjeza kale kuti iyamba kugulitsa foni yotere chaka chino.
