Global smartphone shipments grew 28% YoY in Q1 2021. This was the mobile industry’s highest annual growth since 2015, mainly because of the sharp fall last year. Samsung regained the top spot, followed by Apple. Xiaomi ranked to the third place for three quarters in a row. OPPO and vivo remained in the top five list. Transsion, Realme, Lenovo-Motorola, Huawei (not including Honor) and LG are on the top ten list this quarter. Among major players, Transsion, Lenovo-Motorola and vivo led the pack with the higher annual growth rate this quarter. Our extensive report contains global smartphone shipments for the top 35+ vendors by quarter from 2007 to Q1 2021. Global smartphone shipments by vendor by operating system by region by quarter are also included, in a pivot table. The report is a valuable tool for mobile stakeholders who want to size the huge market for smartphones and operating systems by vender.