Smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022 fell 18.3% year-on-year to 330 million units, the largest drop ever, and 2022 will be the lowest shipment volume in the last 10 years.



Research firm IDC publishes the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , a quarterly survey of worldwide smartphone market share data. According to this, the number of smartphone shipments worldwide in the fourth quarter (October to December) of 2022 will decrease by 18.3% year-on-year to 330 million units, the largest decrease in quarterly shipments ever. Did.

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According to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, global smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022 will drop 18.3% year-on-year to 330 million units. This is the largest quarterly decline rate ever, and it will be 1.21 billion units, down 11.3% year-on-year throughout 2022, making 2022 a tough year for the smartphone market. It became clear.

The table below summarizes the smartphone shipments, market share, and year-on-year growth rate of the top five companies in the smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2022.

enterprise 2022 Q4 shipments Q4 2022 Market Share 2021 Q4 shipments Q4 2021 Market Share Year-over-year basis
Apple 72.3 million units 24.1% 85 million units 23.1% -14.9%
Samsung 58.2 million units 19.4% 69 million units 18.8% -15.6%
Xiaomi 33.2 million units 11.0% 45 million units 12.2% -26.3%
OPPO 25.3 million units 8.4% 30.1 million units 8.2% -15.9%
vivo 22.9 million units 7.6% 28.3 million units 7.7% -18.9%
others 88.3 million units 29.4% 110.2 million units 30.0% -19.8%
total 300.3 million units 100% 367.6 million units 100% -18.3%


The table below summarizes the smartphone shipments, market share, and year-on-year growth rate of the top five smartphone market companies in 2022. Smartphone shipments in 2022 hit the lowest number since 2013.
enterprise 2022 shipments Market share in 2022 2021 shipments Market share in 2021 year-on-year
Samsung 260.9 million units 21.6% 272.1 million units 20.0% -4.1%
Apple 226.4 million units 18.8% 235.8 million units 17.3% -4.0%
Xiaomi 153.1 million units 12.7% 191 million units 14.0% -19.8%
OPPO 103.3 million units 8.6% 133.6 million units 9.8% -22.7%
vivo 99 million units 8.2% 128.3 million units 9.4% -22.8%
others 362.7 million units 30.1% 399.1 million units 29.3% -9.1%
total 1.255 billion units 100% 367.6 million units 100% -11.3%


IDC cites ``declining consumer demand,'' ``inflation,'' and ``economic uncertainty'' as reasons for the decline in smartphone shipments.

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