This year, there are still surprises in store, not only in Europe but also in Hungary. Xiaomi has just announced the overall management of the Central European segment (Czech, Slovak and Hungary), with the appointment of Tibor Wágner. This brings together the central management not only in our country.
The results, which were also downbeat at the press conference, are backed up by Canalys' Q3 2019 mobile phone sales statistics. Demand for Xiaomi products and handsets has increased significantly in EU countries, so there is no doubt that this trend will continue to grow into 2020. The company has already produced the fastest growing sales, surpassing even Samsung's ambitions.
Looking at the total coverage of the European market, Samsung still holds an unbroken lead in terms of both units sold and market share. The big rival, Huawei, has not achieved any growth thanks to the ban on Google services, while Apple is in decline in the third quarter of the year. The biggest surprise for market analysts was Xiaomi, which has so far been a huge success only on a country-by-country basis, but only Xiaomi can conquer an entire continent like this. A growth of 73% is something brutal, already dominating 10.5% of the total market and that's just the beginning. 2020 is the big stepping stone in the company's plans, and they want an even bigger slice of the European market pie. Looking at the last 10 years, they're going to bring it...
