{"id":600008,"date":"2026-08-21T08:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/600008\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:44:10","slug":"counterpoint-european-smartphone-shipments-drop-to-three-year-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/600008\/","title":{"rendered":"Counterpoint: European smartphone shipments drop to three year low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European smartphone market experienced its lowest volume of shipments for Q2 (April \u2013 June) since 2023. A new <a href=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/europe-smartphone-shipments-drop-10-percent-yoy-in-q2%202026 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">report<\/a> from Counterpoint Research estimates 35 million smartphone shipments for the period, which is a 10% drop from the values seen last year. Factors like spiraling inflation, the Iran conflict and component price hikes all contributed to the three-year low.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"609\" alt=\"Europe Smartphone Shipments Share by OEM, Q2 2025 vs Q2 2026 (Counterpoint Research)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787301850_309_gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nEurope Smartphone Shipments Share by OEM, Q2 2025 vs Q2 2026 (Counterpoint Research)<\/p>\n<p>According to Counterpoint\u2019s estimates, Apple and Samsung each contributed 34% of total smartphone shipments in the region. Xiaomi was third with a 15% share, followed by Oppo (including OnePlus and Realme) with 4%, and Honor with a 3% slice.<\/p>\n<p>Shipments in Western Europe were \u201crelatively better\u201d thanks to impressive growth by Apple and marginal gains from Samsung. Eastern Europe fared worse as the budget segment took a downturn. Looking ahead, Counterpoint analysts predict further declines in shipments as inventory levels are running low and the budget segment is expected to take the biggest hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/europe-smartphone-shipments-drop-10-percent-yoy-in-q2%202026 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European smartphone market experienced its lowest volume of shipments for Q2 (April \u2013 June) since 2023. A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-600008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}