Global smartphone shipments declined by -11% YoY in Q3 2021, badly impacted by supply issues coming from chip shortages, assembly / distributional disruptions. Samsung and Apple became no.1 smartphone vendor in 9 countries and 4 countries respectively while Xiaomi and vivo became no. 1 vendor in India and China respectively.
Our extensive report tracks the world's leading smartphone vendors' shipments and marketshare across 15 major countries worldwide from Q1 2012 to Q3 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.