Strategy Analytics predicts global smartphone shipments will decline at -5% YoY and -1% YoY in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Leading Chinese vendors, including Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Lenovo-Motorola, Transsion etc., as well as Google and HMD (Nokia) will beat overall market and posted annual growth by smartphone shipment volumes next year, with their comprehensive 4G and 5G products. This report forecasts global smartphone shipments by region by quarter for 30+ of the world's largest vendors from 2015 to 2019. The report is a valuable tool for component makers, software developers, operators and other stakeholders to support their planning activities.