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Forces
Cell Phone Industry
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Five Forces Model
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Competitors
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Competitors
1. Who are the main competitors?
Companies Market Share
Samsung* 24.8%
Apple 17.7%
Huawei** 8.4%
Xiaomi** 5.6%
Lenovo 5.4%
LG 5.3%
* Strong Competitor **Emerging Competitors
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Source: www.smartphonemarketresearch.com
Competitors
3. What are the key value
propositions of the main
competitors?
Source: www.Qoura.com
Competitors
4. What customer segments do they
focus on?
Samsung is focusing:
Upper-middle and upper class technology savvy
customers are target of high-end phones
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Analysis
According to our analysis, competition in
smartphone industry is a strong force based on
following reasons:
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New Entrants
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New Entrants
1. Who are the new entrants in your
market?
Source: www.smartphonemartketresearch.com
New Entrants
2. How are they different?
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New Entrants
3. What competitive advantage or
disadvantage do they have?
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New Entrants
4. Which barriers must they
overcome?
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Source: www.Wikipedia.com
New Entrants
5. What are their value
propositions?
Unique Features:
MIUI System
Big Screen
CPU
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Source: www.justforfans.wix.com
New Entrants
6. Which customer segments are
they focused on?
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Analysis
According to our analysis, entry of new players in
smartphone industry is a moderate force based on
following reasons:
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Substitutes
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Substitutes
1. Which products or services could
replace the products or services of
this industry?
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Substitutes
1. Which products or services could
replace the products or services of
this industry? (continued)
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Substitutes
2. How much do they cost as
compared to products of our
industry?
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Suppliers
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Suppliers
The majority of Samsung suppliers are based in
Asia and accordingly, 79.4% of its supply-chain
expenses occur in Asia. This is followed by
Americas (14.8%), Europe (4.4%) and other
places.In order control inbound logistics aspect of
the business more effectively, Samsung owns a
number of logistics firms as its subsidiaries. The
most notably, Samsung Electronics Logistec,
established in 1998, is an integrated enterprise
logistics management agentthat serves logistics
needs of the company with 540 employees and
8,600 partner employees around the globe.
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Suppliers
Samsung manufacturing operations comprise the
following:
General manufacturing: semiconductors and
components;
System manufacturing: applications and software;
Device assembly packaging: batteries and other
components, label assembly.
The company heavily relies on Six Sigma
methodology in its business operations.
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Analysis
According to our analysis, bargaining power of
suppliers in smartphone industry is a weak force
based on following reasons:
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Buyers
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Buyers
1. What customer segment is your
company focusing on?
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Buyers
2. What is the bargaining power of
your customer?
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Buyers
3. How likely is your customer to
switch to competitors/substitutes?
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Analysis
According to our analysis, bargaining power of
buyers in smartphone industry is a moderate force
based on following reasons:
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