World smartphone shipment in 2021, increase since 2017 ──IDC research

Smartphone shipment ranking by manufacturer in the 4th quarter of 2021 (unit: 100 million units, document: IDC)

　According to surveys on shipping smartphones by manufacturer in the world of 2021 years, announced by US research company IDC on January 27 (local time), the total shipment volume increased 5.7 % year -on -year to 1.350 million units, 2017. It has been increasing for the first time since the year. [Image] The total shipment of the smartphone shipment ranking by manufacturer in 2021 in 2021 was 362.4 million units in the fourth quarter of the 2021 (October -December term) to 3.2 % to 3.2 % year -on -year. In the quarterly manufacturer ranking, the U.S. Apple, which has a strong iPhone 13 series, took the lead. "Supply chain issues and lack of parts have begun to have a significant impact on the smartphone market in the second half of 2021. This situation has continued in 2022." Nevertheless, the company believes that consumers are increasingly interested in new form factors such as 5G and folding devices, so they will grow into quarters in the April -June period of 2022. In the ranking by manufacturer throughout the year, the first and second place were South Korea Samsung Electronics and Apple, as in 2020, but Huawei, the third place, did not fit in the fifth place, and the third place in China was 4th. Was China OPPO, and the fifth place was China Vivo. All the top five manufacturers were increasing shipments compared to the previous year, and were two digits except for Samusung. The highest growth rate of Xiaomi is nearly 30 %. IDC points out that this clearly indicates which vendors have received the benefits of Huawei's reduction. Apple has been strong in the global market, increasing by 40 % in China, by 40 %. IDC predicted that the market would go healthy, as the shortage was reduced in 2022 in the middle of it.

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