Analytical company IDC published results of smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022
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So, according to the results of the fourth quarter, global smartphone shipments fell by 18.3%, and this is the largest decline in one quarter. In total, 300.3 million gadgets were shipped during this time.
“We have never seen deliveriesin the holiday quarter were lower than in the previous quarter. However, weakening demand and high inventories have forced suppliers to sharply reduce supplies,” said Nabila Popal, director of research for the IDC Worldwide Tracker group.
In the last quarter of 2022, Apple again becamemarket leader with 72.3 million shipments and 24.1% market share. In second place is Samsung (58.2 million), whose market share was 19.4%. Xiaomi took third place (33.2 million). The Chinese company faced the largest drop in shipments, down 26.3% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.
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Looking at 2022 as a whole, global smartphone shipments fell by 11.3% to 1.21 billion.
Samsung is the leader in the annual rankingwith 260.9 million units and a market share of 21.6%. Apple was second with 226.4 million and 18.8% of the market, while Xiaomi provided 153.1 million shipments and occupied 12.7% of the market.
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