For the full year 2021 Apple took the peak position with huge margin. Apple shipped more 5G smartphones that two next combined giving the vendor 31.1% share of the market. Apple’s success is based on its ability to transform entire portfolio to 5G. 84% of Apple’s shipments in 2021 were from 5G smartphones.

• 5G is growing fast in all regions
• Apple is the leading 5G device vendor with a huge margin
• Xiaomi has managed to solidify its position as world’s second largest 5G vendor
• Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo have taken the lost Huawei share in most regions.
• Chinese vendors are leading the 5G vendor shipments. 8/10 of top 10 vendors are Chinese.
• Lenovo-Motorola, Realme and HMD (Nokia) were the fastest growing vendors for 2021.