Smartphone Shipments news and trends

Apple Hits Record Quarterly Smartphone Shipments in India
Retail // November 01, 2023

Apple has reached a significant milestone in the Indian smartphone market by recording its highest-ever quarterly shipments in the third quarter. Surpassing 2.5 million units, Apple’s achievement comes at a time when the Indian smartphone market is showing signs of recovery after a period of decline,...

Q1 Saw 2.9 Percent Decline In Smartphone Shipments Due To China Restrictions
Mobile // May 03, 2018

New data shows that smartphone shipments fell 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2018. The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker found that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), a decrease...

Apple’s iPhone The Leader In Terms Of Q2 Shipments
Mobile // August 17, 2017

Apple was the world’s largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, shipping 16.9 million iPhones in the three-month period ended in June. That’s according to market research firm Strategy Analytics, which is out with its shipment forecast for the second quarter. During the quarter, global...

Samsung Still The Mobile Phone Leader In Q2
Mobile // August 03, 2017

Samsung Electronics remained the leader in terms of global mobile smartphone shipments during Q2 2017. That’s according to market research firm Canalys, which reported news that Samsung shipped more than 79 million Android units around the globe. The smartphone shipments in Q2 2017 represent flat...

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Samsung Loses Smartphone Crown to Apple as Sales Hit 10-Year Low

January 16, 2024
Samsung’s decade-plus reign as the king of the smartphone market is over. “The last time a company not named Samsung was at the top of the smartphone market was 2010, and for 2023 it is now Apple,” research group IDC said Monday (Jan. 15) in its annual report on the mobile phone market. “A sort […]

Apple Hits Record Quarterly Smartphone Shipments in India

November 01, 2023
Apple has reached a significant milestone in the Indian smartphone market by recording its highest-ever quarterly shipments in the third quarter. Surpassing 2.5 million units, Apple’s achievement comes at a time...

Q1 Saw 2.9 Percent Decline In Smartphone Shipments Due To China Restrictions

May 03, 2018
New data shows that smartphone shipments fell 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2018. The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker found that smartphone vendors shipped...

Apple’s iPhone The Leader In Terms Of Q2 Shipments

August 17, 2017
Apple was the world’s largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, shipping 16.9 million iPhones in the three-month period ended in June. That’s according to market research firm Strategy Analytics,...