In 2020, smartphone vendors sold about 1.38 billion smartphones worldwide. And the number will continue to increase in 2021 with a predicted number of over 1.53 million units. 10 countries with the most smartphone users (Source: Statista) Survey data by market research firm Statista shows that, as of May 2021, China is still the leading country in terms of smartphone users with nearly 912 million people. Although the number is less than half, but India also ranks second after China with over 439 million units. These two countries will continue to top the rankings by large populations and are considered as markets with strong growth potential given the relatively low smartphone adoption rates, Statista commented. Among Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia and Vietnam are the two markets with the highest number of users. The data shows that Indonesia has up to 160.2 million smartphone users and ranks 4th in the rankings. Vietnam has 61.3 million users, in the top 10 countries with the largest number of smartphone users in the world. The Philippines and Thailand have lower user rates, with 41.3 and 37.8 million users, respectively. The smartphone penetration rate can be used as an indicator to measure how advanced a country’s economy is. The number of smartphone users and smartphone penetration rate are also considered as one of the bases for the development of the digital economy. In 2020, the smartphone penetration rate in Vietnam ranked 9th with an index of 63.1%, higher than Indonesia with a penetration rate of 58.6% and the Philippines at 37.7%. Vietnam is also considered as a potential and high-growth digital economy market in Southeast Asia. According to a report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company, in 2020 Southeast Asia’s digital economy will see the growth of e-commerce, food delivery and online media amid the pandemic. Accordingly, digital payments will reach 620 billion USD in 2020 and are expected to reach 1.2 trillion USD in 2025. Online media also posted 22% growth, reaching $17 billion in 2020. This was driven by the explosive growth of video streaming service providers (video streaming), the growth rate 12 times in Vietnam and 18 times in Thailand. According to the assessment, Vietnam and Indonesia are two countries that have recorded double-digit growth for the digital economy. In which, Vietnam’s digital economy has a total value of about 14 billion USD and is expected to reach 52 billion by 2025, with an average growth rate of 29% from now until then. In the context of the pandemic, the Internet economy in Vietnam recorded growth in transportation, food, e-commerce and fintech.

Samsung Galaxy S21 FE smartphone model. Photo: GSMArena.com South Korean electronics company Samsung Electronics Co. is quietly considering launching new smartphone models in August in an attempt to expand its leadership in the mobile market, industry sources reported May 9. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone supplier, is in talks with local mobile service providers to launch new smartphone models including the Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip2 in late August. If approved, these new smartphone models will be launched earlier than usual. Industry experts say the early launch of these new smartphone models aims to fill the void of the Galaxy Note phablet line that is launched every August. Samsung hasn’t confirmed any information regarding the upcoming smartphone models, but tech experts predict that the Galaxy Z Fold3 lineup is the first smartphone that can fold the screen with under-screen camera and S-Pen stylus support. Samsung was the world’s top smartphone vendor in the first quarter of 2021 after shipping 77 million smartphones, accounting for 23% of the market share, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics.

Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S21 smartphone on display at a store in Seoul. Photo: Yonhap According to industry sources on May 9, Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone vendor, is in talks with local mobile service providers about launching new smartphone models. Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip2 at the end of August. If approved, these new smartphone models will be released sooner than usual. Industry experts say the early launch of these new smartphone models is intended to fill the void of the Galaxy Note phablet line that is launched in August every year. Samsung has not confirmed any information regarding upcoming smartphone models, but technology experts predict that the Galaxy Z Fold3 lineup is the first smartphone to fold screens with camera below the screen and has support for S-Pen stylus. Samsung was the world’s leading smartphone supplier in the first quarter of 2021 after shipping 77 million smartphones, accounting for 23% of the market share, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics.

Customers visit the laptop shopping experience at FPT Shop. The growth rate of laptop in FPT Shop system has exceeded 2 times compared with the plan in Q1 / 2021 and has increased 2 times compared to the general market, according to data from market research firm GfK. Specifically, FPT Shop currently accounts for more than 30% of the market share and is the No. 1 growing chain of stores in the laptop market. Thus, for every 10 laptops in use in Vietnam, more than 3 are purchased at FPT Shop. Mr. Nguyen The Kha, Director of the mobile telecommunications division of FPT Shop, said that in order to gain market share, FPT Shop has a system that always closely monitors the market, makes accurate forecasts and meets the demand well. of users, taking advantage of the leading position in gaming laptop, Macbook M1. Recently, FPT Shop also continuously expanded its sales network by 70 more laptop centers, and diversified its products by adding new products from Microsoft Surface, AVITA, LCD screens, printers … FPT Shop expects that laptops will continue to achieve 20-30% growth in 2021. Motivation will come from new-style laptop centers, which give space for customers to experience, many new products, and employees. Professionalism and distinctive incentives … It is known that FPT Shop’s 2020 business results come from computers and Apple products compensate for the decline in mobile phones. FPT Shop’s laptop segment recorded a strong growth of 60%, becoming one of the major contributors to the revenue and gross profit of the FPT Retail system (Digital Retail Joint Stock Company).