Global smartphone shipments grew solidly by 11% YoY in Q2 2021, bouncing back from the worst Covid-19 disaster one year earlier, despite chipset shortages and production disruptions. Samsung and Apple became no.1 smartphone vendor in 6 countries each while Xiaomi became no. 1 vendor in three countries, India, Spain and Russia. Our extensive report tracks the world's leading smartphone vendors' shipments and marketshare across 15 major countries worldwide from Q1 2012 to Q2 2021. The 15 countries tracked account for 7 in 10 of all global smartphone volumes. Countries covered include: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, UK, and the United States.