We forecast total global smartphone sales volume will grow +6% YoY in 2022, driven by the recovery from COVID-19, 5G migration and new hardware innovation etc. Android and Apple iOS will maintain their leadership. Huawei extended Harmony OS to smartphone categories and showed encouraging initial results, but we remain cautious on its future.

Our extensive report forecasts global smartphone sales, by 15 operating systems, for 88 countries worldwide, from 2007 to 2026. Almost every major country worldwide is covered, including United States, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. This report can be used by operators, software developers, content developers, handset vendors, component makers, car manufacturers and other stakeholders to determine the size and growth rate of the huge global smartphone OS market.