Global smartphone market grew in the year 2021, know which company won and who was the laggard
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Reported by market analysis firm Canalys
Global Smartphone Market Growth
7 percent increase to 1.35 billion units
New Delhi. Market analysis firm Canalys said in a report that the global smartphone market finally reached the pre-Covid level in 2021 last year, growing 7 percent to 1.35 billion units. This came despite supply chain constraints persisting as we entered 2022, the report said. Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo are among the top 5 brands in the world, with Samsung topping the market with a 20 percent share. The total amount of units shipped back in 2019 before COVID-19 stood at 1.37 billion, compared to 1.35 billion shipments in 2021. In 2020, shipments fell to 1.26 billion units.
According to the Canalys report with 20 percent market share, Samsung led the smartphone market. Samsung shipped 274.5 million units, 19 million more than the company's 2020 shipments, showing a growth of 7 percent. Apple came second with 17 percent market share with 230.1 million units shipped in 2021. This is a growth of 22.9 million units from the company's 207.2 million shipments in 2020. This showed an 11 percent growth for Apple in the global smartphone market.
After Samsung and Apple, Chinese company Xiaomi came at number three with a market share of 14 percent with 191.2 million shipments in 2021. After that Oppo got 11 percent stake and Vivo got 10 percent stake. According to a Canalys report, Oppo's 145.1 million shipments included OnePlus smartphones, while Vivo shipped 129.9 million units in 2021.
Canalys analyst Sanyam Chaurasia said that 'many vendors delivered their best performance in 2021, increasing smartphone shipments by double digits and surpassing pre-COVID-19 levels'.
The Canalys report also said that the global smartphone market shipped 363 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, representing a year-on-year growth of more than one percent. Apple topped the market in the fourth quarter of 2021 with 82.7 million units shipped, with a market share of 23 percent after that. Samsung ranked second in these cases with a 19 percent share with 70.5 million shipments in the last quarter. Xiaomi retained the third position with a market share of 13 percent with 45.4 million shipments in the last quarter. At the same time, Oppo was fourth and Vivo was in fifth place.
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