Narrative: 88 Country Smartphone Sales by Technology and 5G Installed Base Forecast to 2029
Explore the rapid growth of 5G smartphone adoption worldwide, driven by emerging markets, with Asia Pacific leading and India set to become the second largest by 2025.
As 5G technology is maturing, multiple countries have joined China, South Korea, West Europe, and the US in launching commercial 5G handsets. Especially growing implementation of 5G networks in emerging markets drives growth.
TechInsights estimates that global demand for 5G smartphones is growing and installed base with it. Asia Pacific is the largest region with nearly two thirds share of the installed base in 2024. China installed base in 2024 will be one third of the entire global 5G smartphone installed base. India will grow to become the second largest 5G smartphone country by IB by 2025.