According to relevant sources, in 2021, Samsung will produce 238.88 million smartphones on its own, more than 60 million with joint development manufacturers such as Wintech and Huaqin, and a total of more than 300 million smartphones, with a shipment volume of about 2 billion.
According to TheElec, although Samsung Electronics aims to ship 300 million smartphones in 2021, its smartphone production is encouraging given factors such as the re-emergence of the virus in Vietnam, global chip shortages, and sluggish sales of the Galaxy S21 series.
It is reported that, as the previous Galaxy S20 series, the annual shipment of the Galaxy S21 series is only about 20 million units, which is much lower than the previous sales of the S series (35 million-40 million units).
Samsung Electronics believes that sales of the Galaxy S21 series could have increased had Vietnam not experienced production problems due to the outbreak, the sources said. In order to increase shipments, while diversifying the component supply chain, it also concentrated shipments of the Galaxy A and M series.
Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics aims to sell 334 million smartphones this year, of which 285 million will be produced by itself and the rest will be produced by jointly developed manufacturers. (Proofreading/Jenny)