Strategy Analytics released a report saying that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, China’s smartphone shipments in Q2 2022 will drop by 14% year-on-year to 67.7 million units.

Among them, Honor became the largest smartphone manufacturer in China for the first time with a market share of 19%. vivo, OPPO (including OnePlus), Xiaomi, and Apple rounded out the top five.

According to Strategy Analytics, this is the first time Honor has taken the top spot in the domestic market since it split from Huawei in 2021. In Q2 2022, Honor will ship 13.1 million smartphones in China, significantly outpacing the overall market with an annual growth rate of 93%.

In addition, Vivo, OPPO, and Xiaomi followed with shipments of 12.7 million, 12.2 million, and 10.6 million units respectively.

The report pointed out that Apple’s iPhone shipped 10.4 million units in the quarter, ranking fifth. But it has rebounded strongly since June. Its shipments will only decline by 1% year-on-year in Q2 2022, significantly outperforming the overall market.

We learned that Strategy Analytics expects that China’s smartphone shipments will decline by 10% to 11% year-on-year in 2022 . The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and macroeconomic headwinds will continue until the end of 2022, but is expected to ease from Q2 2023.

Honor today officially announced that the Honor full-scene new product launch conference will be held on July 21. Judging by the official poster, the conference will bring Honor Tablet 8, MagicBook, Honor Smart Screen, Honor X40i, and the new FlyPods headphones.

Honor X40i is now on the shelves, using a 7.43mm ultra-thin full-view screen, equipped with a 50-megapixel main camera, starting at 1599 yuan, and will be officially launched at 10:08 on July 22. If nothing else, this phone will be unveiled at the Honor new product launch conference.

According to Honor Terminal Co., Ltd. China’s CMO  Kang Hairong Harrison (Weibo) has officially announced the new Honor X40i phone, saying the phone will be released soon and announced three posters, one of which also mentions a “cosmic level” romantic.

With the renders already exposed from the latest poster, the Honor X40i will use a right-angled frame design and a straight screen. According to blogger @Factory Manager Shi Guan, this new phone of Honor will be launched in July.

In addition, according to Jiang Hairong, the three posters correspond to three new information: acute angle, lens, and NGC2237. Among them, the acute angle must be the acute angle formed by the intersection of the dual ring cameras on the back of the machine. NGC 2237 is part of the Rose Nebula, a large spherical ionized hydrogen sphere (spherical in appearance), located in the constellation of Unicorns, so some netizens said the machine might be equipped with a Kirin processor, and some netizens said It could also be a sign that the machine will use the Rose Nebula’s color matching.

There are rumors that Honor may launch a new product this month with a slew of new product launches including the Honor X40i, Honor Tablet 8, and Honor Smart Screen X3 series, so look forward to it.