Smartphone shipments 2010-2022
The total unit shipments of smartphones worldwide increased from 2009 to 2016, when it reached 1.47 billion units shipped. Since then the shipments have decreased to 1.28 billion units shipped in 2020. However, the source forecasts that smartphone shipments will increase in the coming years.
Global smartphone shipments - additional information
The global success of this industry can be attributed to the growing popularity of several key operating systems, namely Android and iOS. By the second quarter of 2018, these two companies held over 95 percent of the global smartphone market share, with Android alone controlling over 80 percent. This amounted to 352.67 million Android units and 77.04 million iOS units being shipped in the final quarter of 2016. The domination in the market from Android looks set to continue with the shipment of Android phones in 2016 expected to hit around 680 million units.
However, despite both Apple and Android being based in the U.S., it is the Chinese smartphone industry that looks set to dominate the market in the coming years. Forecasts predict that China will control just under a third of the smartphone market in 2017, in comparison to the U.S.’s estimated share of 12.1 percent.
Global smartphone shipments - additional information
The global success of this industry can be attributed to the growing popularity of several key operating systems, namely Android and iOS. By the second quarter of 2018, these two companies held over 95 percent of the global smartphone market share, with Android alone controlling over 80 percent. This amounted to 352.67 million Android units and 77.04 million iOS units being shipped in the final quarter of 2016. The domination in the market from Android looks set to continue with the shipment of Android phones in 2016 expected to hit around 680 million units.
However, despite both Apple and Android being based in the U.S., it is the Chinese smartphone industry that looks set to dominate the market in the coming years. Forecasts predict that China will control just under a third of the smartphone market in 2017, in comparison to the U.S.’s estimated share of 12.1 percent.
