itel Mobile is pulling surprises on everybody these days. You will remember how the brand upset the dynamics of the African mobile phone market by becoming the largest mobile phone brand on the continent. That was made possible because of itel’s feature phones, which have been selling in droves. But apparently, itel smartphones have been selling in large numbers too.

According to Counterpoint research, itel entered the global top 10 smartphone market for the first time in Q1 2018.



Surprise! Surprise!!

We double-checked. You know, this could be the agggregated figures for TECNO, Infinix and itel combined that occupied that spot in the top 10 chart. So, double-checked. The press release from Counterpoint says it is itel alone that made it to the chart.

itel Smartphones Outsell TECNO and Infinix. That is the implication; right? If itel is on that top chart and its other two Transsion siblings are not there, then it is selling more devices than those two. It is also listed in the fastest growing category. Which makes sense.

Others in that category are Nokia HMD, Xiaomi, TECNO, OnePlus and Huawei.

The Top 10 Chart Q1 2018
Samsung
Apple
Huawei
Xiaomi
OPPO
vivo
LG
Lenovo/Motorola
ZTE
itel


itel is in 10th place. Not bad. According to Counterpoint, the brand grew smartphone shipments over 200% year-on-year from Q1 2017 to Q1 2018. Yes; itel smartphones are definitely selling in droves.

What of Transsion’s other brands? The only other mention of them is that all together, the three sister brands (TECNO, Infinix and itel) shipped over 10 million smartphones in Q1 2018.

itel Started Poor But kept Improving

The first generation of itel smartphones did not get good reception, and that was because of the poor experience that users had with them.

Our first itel smartphone review on MobilityArena was the itel iNote Beyond 3G review in 2014. Mister Mo concluded by saying that it was a crippled device. It has 80 comments, most of them bitter complaints from users who were frustrated with the device.


But itel kept improving over the years and the phones got better and better. We have reviewed several itel smartphones and most of them left us with very good impressions. You can have a look at our archives of itel smartphone review.

Indeed, the stone that the builders rejected looks set to become the chief cornerstone. But then, Mister Mobility has repeatedly insisted that the bottom of the pyramid, which itel services, is where much of the action will be, going forward.

Source: https://mobilityarena.com/itel-smartphones-top-10-q1-2018/

The growth is indeed visible. Itel will keep growing no matter what!

We think otherwise.

Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo are the top five Smartphones makers in the world. Vivo, LG, Motorola/Lenovo, ZTE and TCL-Alcatel are the next five smartphone vendors in the top 10 list. ZTE and Sony are part of the top 10.


Indian phone makers such as Karbonn, Micromax, Lava International and Reliance Jio did not find a space in the top 10 list of smartphone suppliers..

Randerl:
We think otherwise.

Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo are the top five Smartphones makers in the world. Vivo, LG, Motorola/Lenovo, ZTE and TCL-Alcatel are the next five smartphone vendors in the top 10 list. ZTE and Sony are part of the top 10.


Indian phone makers such as Karbonn, Micromax, Lava International and Reliance Jio did not find a space in the top 10 list of smartphone suppliers..

Wo are the we and what is your statistical basis?

Other info from the research show that Top 10 brands accounted for 76% of the smartphone volumes in Q1 2018.

Meanwhile, Nokia HMD, iTel, Xiaomi, Tecno, OnePlus and Huawei were the noted brands in the fastest growing category. OPPO, vivo, Samsung in the top 10 smartphone category reported declines in Q1 2018.

itel entered the top 10 smartphone market for the first time, together the three smartphone brands of Transsion holdings (Tecno, iTel and Infinix) accounted for over 10 million smartphones shipped in Q1 2018.

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stalyf:

Wo are the we and what is your statistical basis?

l don't TecNonsense!

I believe in the near future itel will break into the top three cos each year the brand keeps improving. Already topping the charts in Africa,itel is the brand to beat.and am currently enjoying my itel p51

Tnk God fr d massive growth,am sure itel will keep improving ad improving....God bless itelmobile

This is quite an achievement for itel Mobile they really tried in every aspect to see that, their devices are affordable for an average class, to own, how i wish other brands too can follow itelMobile legacy so that to makes a world a better place. itelMobile always leads while other follows. kudos once again to itelMobile.

Nurudeen4all:
This is quite an achievement for itel Mobile they really tried in every aspect to see that, their devices are affordable for an average class, to own, how i wish other brands too can follow itelMobile legacy so that to makes a world a better place. itelMobile always leads while other follows. kudos once again to itelMobile.

Yeah. The improvement has been steady.

Itel is really doing well in Nigeria and their products are efficient, reliable and affordable.

They sure need a dose of rebranding as consumers perception is at its lowest, especially the techies, though not in the majority - but their opinion in some ways influence what the great non techie majority buys!