Global smartphone shipments decline -4% annually in Q1 2019. The new and emerging "Next Forty Five" markets that we track account for 24% of the global smartphone volumes worldwide. Samsung led in 28 out of 45 countries. Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines were placed the top five of the forty five, in terms of shipments in the quarter. The 45 "new" countries tracked include: Argentina, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Switzerland, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam.