Strategy Analytics predicts global smartphone shipments will decline at -2% YoY and rebound to +2% YoY in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Apple and Chinese vendors, including Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Transsion etc., as well as HMD (Nokia) will be among the main vendors driving growth through 2019 with their comprehensive 4G LTE product portfolios. This report forecasts global smartphone shipments by region by quarter for 28 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.