While Covid-19 had a significant impact on the smartphone market in 2020, with smartphone sales from operator channels dropping below the 400 million mark worldwide for the first time in several years, the operator channel is expected to rebound and grow +9% YoY in 2021. After a big growth in 2020, Strategy Analytics expects pure e-commercial and electronic retailer channels will slow down in 2021 registering low single-digit annual growth. Meanwhile, independent retailers and handset retailers continue to slide down and lose market share. The Smartphone Distribution Flow and Channel by Region / Country report forecasts global smartphone distribution flows by operator channel vs. retailer channel; by online channel vs. offline channel, for 6 regions and 30 countries from 2007 through 2026. It also forecasts global smartphone distribution by 8 sub-channels for 6 major regions and 3 key countries from 2012 to 2026, including North America, Western Europe, Latin America, China, Japan and India. The forecasts can be used by smartphone vendors, vehicle makers, apps developers and others to identify the main regional channels where mobile phones are being sold, and whether operators or retailers are winning the distribution wars.