Huawei is not just dominating the foldable market in China \u2013 it is extending its lead. In the final quarter of 2024<\/a>, Huawei shipped 2.506 million units for a 48.6% market share, per IDC<\/i> data. Now analysts are reporting that Huawei has shipped 2.842 million units in the first quarter of this year for a controlling 76.6% market share.<\/p>\n This is an impressive growth of 53.1% year-on-year and a great rebound of the Q4 number, which was actually a 9.5% drop year-on-year.<\/p>\n Huawei\u2019s growth in the foldable market comes at the expense of other makers. The biggest loser here is Honor \u2013 it went from a 20.6% share in Q4 2024 to just 9.1% in Q1.<\/p>\n This puts it slightly above Oppo, which accounted for 7.1% of foldable phones shipped in China. While not as impressive as Huawei\u2019s gains, Oppo also grew significantly \u2013 it only had a 5.3% share in Q4. Third place used to belong to vivo, which is not even on the chart now. Xiaomi\u2019s share also shrunk significantly going from Q4 to Q1 (7.4% to 2.6%).<\/p>\n To be fair, Xiaomi and vivo haven\u2019t released new foldables since early\/mid 2024. Oppo\u2019s first foldable since 2023 arrived only a couple of months ago (the Find N5 this February), so its impact probably won\u2019t be felt until Q2.<\/p>\n Last year, Huawei launched the first-ever tri-foldable (Mate XT Ultimate<\/a>), a book-style foldable (Mate X6<\/a>) and two flip phones (Pocket 2<\/a> and nova Flip<\/a>). This year, it kicked things off with a quirky but innovative model (Pura X<\/a>).<\/p>\n As for the overall smartphone market in China, it is led by vivo<\/a>, while Huawei is nipping at Apple\u2019s heels.<\/p>\n![\"IDC:](\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/25\/04\/huawei-china-foldable-market-share\/inline\/gsmarena_002.jpg\")
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