Smartphone Shipments

Online smartphone sales cross offline numbers for first time ever in 2022

Several smartphone companies offered online-exclusive deals and discounts helping the e-commerce companies to sell more

India's smartphone shipments fall 6% in 2022, moderate growth in 2023

Samsung took the number one spot in the fourth quarter (Q4) for the first time since Q3 2017, shipping 6.7 million units for a market share of 21 per cent

India's smartphone shipments drop 6% to 151.6 mn units in 2022: Report

The major drop in shipments were recorded in the fourth-quarter (CYQ4, 2022), falling by 27 per cent to 32.4 million units

Global smartphone shipments fall 17% in Q4; Apple reclaims top spot: Report

The global smartphone shipments fell by 17 per cent (year on year) in Q4 2022, with entire 2022 shipments declining by 11 per cent to fewer than 1.2 billion, a new report has shown

Global shipments of used smartphones reach 283 mn units in 2022: Report

Trade-in programmes continue to be the driving factor for the new and used smartphone market globally

Smartphone market may remain under pressure due to global factors in 2023

The Indian smartphone market, which battled global factors such as the inflationary macro environment to register a 5 per cent fall in 2022, is set to remain under pressure next year

Smartphone shipments in 2023 to remain flat amid global slowdown: Report

Smartphone shipments are to remain flat in 2023 amid a global slowdown, as it is expected to continue underperforming through the first half of the year and start rising only from the third quarter

India's 5G tablet shipments grow 61% QoQ in Q3 of Calendar 2022: CMR report

Overall tablet market was up 22% sequentially, likely to grow by 10-15% in the full calendar year

India's smartphone shipments drop 10% in Q3 as prices hit record: IDC

The average selling price jumped 15% year-over-year, and 6% from the previous quarter, to a record $226, IDC said

Smartphone shipments to cross 170 mn units in 2022; Samsung leads in 5G

5G mobile shipments in India grew more than 300 per cent (on-year) in India in the first quarter

TMS Ep130: Smartphone production, EPF rate, markets, submarine cable

Will lockdown in China impact India's phone production? What should you do after EPF interest rate cut? How will the market react to US Fed meeting? What are submarine cables? All answers here

Smartphone shipments to reach 1.38 bn in 2021, highest since 2015

The shipments of smartphones are forecast to reach 1.38 billion units globally in 2021, an increase of 7.7 per cent over 2020 and its highest-ever level since 2015, a new report has showed

Second Covid-19 wave may erase gains in smartphone market, like the first

In spite of 23% growth in shipments, yearly business may get another jolt

Indian smartphone market grew 23% in Jan-Mar 2021: Counterpoint report

The second Covid wave, however, is expected to dampen the show in April-June quarter

Huawei loses spot in top 5 smartphone players for the 1st time in 6 years

Huawei secured the sixth place in Q4 2020 with 32 million smartphones shipped, according to a new report

India's smartphone shipments hit 150 million units in 2020: Report

India's smartphone shipments declined by a modest 4% year-on-year to reach over 150 million units in 2020, according to a new report on Wednesday

Smartphone shipments to return to growth in holiday quarter: IDC

The global smartphone market is expected to return to growth during the holiday quarter this year amid strong push towards 5G, according to a new IDC report

Smartphone shipments rebound in anticipation of record festive sales

At 50 million units, the shipment number broke all previous records as Chinese players Vivo, Realme and Xiaomi shipped in greater volumes

Samsung leads smartphone market, shipments plunge 50% in June qtr: Report

Samsung led the overall market during the quarter with 24 per cent share, followed by Xiaomi and Vivo, IDC quarterly mobile phone tracker report said

Premium smartphone sales in India drop 32% in June quarter: Report

India's smartphone shipments in the premium segment declined 32 per cent year-on-year to over 1 million in June 2020 quarter on account of disruption related to the Covid-19