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Round 1.35 billion smartphones had been shipped in 2021, in line with IDC’s quarterly cell phone tracker. Total, fewer smartphones had been shipped within the ultimate quarter of 2021 in comparison to This autumn 2020 however total, extra had been shipped final 12 months than in 2020, IDC mentioned Thursday.
“The provision chain and element shortages began to have significant have an effect on at the smartphone marketplace as we entered the second one part of the 12 months, and this is still the case as we’ve got now entered 2022,” mentioned Ryan Reith, IDC’s team VP of International Cellular Tool Trackers.
IDC mentioned it has noticed robust passion in foldable telephones and 5G telephones.
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Samsung retook the highest spot for smartphone shipments in 2021, conserving 20% marketplace proportion globally after transport 272 million telephones all over the 12 months. Apple got here in 2d, at 235.7 million telephones, Xiaomi with 191 million, Oppo with 133.5 million and Vivo with 128.3 million.
Fairly other numbers from Counterpoint Analysis, additionally launched Thursday, confirmed equivalent effects: Samsung in first position with 271 million telephones shipped all over 2021, Apple in 2d with 237.9 million, Xiaomi with 190 million, Oppo with 143.2 million and Vivo with 131.3 million.
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It is the first time the smartphone marketplace has grown yearly since 2017, in line with Counterpoint, with Apple clocking report shipments.
“The worldwide smartphone restoration in 2021 adopted a pandemic-hit 2020 and next pent-up call for,” mentioned Harmeet Singh Walia, Counterpoint senior analyst, including call for was once pushed by means of Apple’s first 5G telephone, the iPhone 12. “The marketplace restoration may have been even higher if no longer for the element shortages.”
