337 billion US dollars! Report says that by 2025, 5G mobile phones will account for more than 50% of smartphone sales revenue

A new study from Juniper Research found that 5G-compatible smartphones will account for more than 50% of smartphone sales revenue by 2025, reaching $337 billion from $108 billion in 2021. It urged phone makers to ensure their hardware maximizes the benefits of future mobile cloud computing solutions, which enable service providers to offload intensive tasks to the cloud, freeing up on-device resources for essential on-device processes.

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The new study, titled "5G Smartphones: Trends, Regional Analysis and Market Forecasts (2021-2026)", predicts that successful phone vendors will include wireless that can handle large bandwidth and ultra-low latency to ensure that phone users can effectively use cloud computing services while keeping prices competitive.

Android OS phones will dominate emerging markets

The report predicts that increasing the availability of low-end 5G smartphones will be crucial to promoting 5G phones in emerging markets. It predicts that by 2025, global Android smartphone prices will be 65% lower than global iOS smartphone prices. It also emphasizes that the lower average cost of Android devices will lead to Android dominating the 5G mobile phone market in regions such as Latin America.

Instead, the study predicts that by 2025, the continued popularity of iOS devices in developed markets will result in 40% of global 5G smartphone revenue coming from North America and Europe.

“Right to Repair” Regulations Affecting Shipments

The report warned that long-term 5G smartphone shipment revenue will be limited by upcoming "right to repair" legislation in North America and Europe as more mobile phone users choose to repair older phones rather than upgrade to newer generation devices.

Report author Adam Wears explained: “The impact of these regulations will not be felt initially as consumers adopt 5G smartphones to take advantage of the high speeds and reduced latency of 5G networks. Hardware vendors must use this opportunity to build in new device features to encourage consumers to continue to upgrade regularly and avoid defecting to competitors.”