Global smartphone shipments declined again significantly by -19% YoY in Q4 2022, impacted by many unfavorable issues including sluggish consumer demand, geo-political issues, and rising inflation across the world. Samsung and Apple became no.1 smartphone vendor in 6 and 7 countries respectively while Xiaomi became no. 1 vendor in Russia. vivo captured no.1 vendor position in India for the first time.
Our extensive report tracks the world's leading smartphone vendors' shipments and marketshare across 15 major countries worldwide from Q1 2012 to Q4 2022. 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.