Samsung Electronics expects the Cellular Environment Congress 2022 to turn out to be a proving ground for its latest 5G smartphones beneath the S22 collection, with Chinese rivals heralding the launch of new phones in the same party in Barcelona, Spain.

Samsung Electronics is the major smartphone maker in Europe by shipments with a 3rd of market share, but has witnessed its gap with Chinese competitors slim.

Though Samsung‘s smartphone shipments in Europe surged 6 percent, its Chinese rivals this sort of as Xiaomi and Oppo noticed a two-digit rise in the similar industry, with the two‘s combined revenue share outstripping the No. 2, Apple, according to info by market place intelligence Counterpoint Exploration.

Chinese rivals are gearing up for the respective new smartphone launch in Barcelona as part of keynote speeches.

Xiaomi, the 3rd-greatest smartphone maker in European market place with 20 percent share by shipment, is poised to launch two newest 5G telephones — Poco X4 Pro and Poco M4 Professional — during the initial day of MWC 2022 on Monday.

All eyes are on whether or not the launch would direct to Xiaomi’s rebranding of its phablet brand Redmi Note below its sister sub-manufacturer Poco. If so, its most recent Redmi Observe 11, which debuted in Europe in January, will see successors with more robust chips and more quickly charging of batteries.

Also, Xiaomi‘s flagship Xiaomi 12 lineup is tipped to get there in MWC 2022 for the global launch.

State-owned Chinese smartphone maker Honor, previously Huawei-owned, has also expressed its bid to announce a new 5G handset, named Honor Magic 4 series, on Monday. No matter whether the new models are set for a launch in European marketplace continues to be to be seen.

In the meantime, Oppo, the fourth-greatest in Europe with 8 % share, has announced the launch of its most current Come across X5 and X5 Pro on Thursday.

The series of announcements occur as Samsung, the world’s major smartphone maker by sell-as a result of, has unveiled its smartphones under the Galaxy S22 lineups, two weeks following the Unpacked function on-line.

The open revenue for its high-end variant S22 Extremely — a de facto successor of its phablet Observe series with crafted-in stylus guidance — has begun worldwide Friday, while areas of Europe are established to commence the open sale for primary types S22 and S22+ in March.

On best of the planned debut of the newest laptop computer lineup, confirmed to be the successors to the Galaxy Ebook Professional and Professional 360 unveiled the prior year, MWC 2022 will be a location where Samsung will showcase the Galaxy ecosystem‘s connectivity by using multiple devices — from smartphones to tablets, wearable equipment and laptops, Samsung stated.

Its 1,745 square-meter exhibition booth, found in Hall 3 at Fira Gran By using, will show all the most recent units — Galaxy S22 smartphones, Galaxy S8 tablets, Galaxy Look at 4 and the likes.

Samsung stated in a assertion that readers would be ready to study “how seamlessly the Galaxy ecosystem connects to equipment, how successful and revolutionary the Galaxy ecosystem will be, in various contexts which includes virtual classrooms and distant operate options.”

Samsung will become the only South Korean smartphone maker to take section in MWC 2022, with its domestic rival LG Electronics’ exit from lossmaking handset organization in 2021.

Samsung‘s mobile knowledge business enterprise, overseeing businesses related to handsets, tablets, personal desktops and wearable devices, earned 104.7 trillion won ($86.9 billion) in cash flow all over the world for 2021, up 9 per cent from the former calendar year.

By Son Ji-hyoung ([email protected])