Canalys: smartphone shipments down 11% in Q1, Apple and Samsung rise compared to last year

19 April 2022
The first quarter of the year is slow at the best of times, but now vendors are facing uncertainties, new lockdowns and a growing inflation.

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Go Block, 23 Apr 2022Huawei was nearly to surpass Samsung but got sanctioned be... moreLOL. They already did in q2 2020 when lockdowns began buddy. They were sanctioned about a year already.

    AnonD-762416, 20 Apr 2022And with that mentality your Chinese brands will never catch up. Huawei was nearly to surpass Samsung but got sanctioned before they make it.

      rizki1, 20 Apr 2022Xiaomi = budget king Samsung = mid to flagship king Ap... moreFact: iPhone's price is more reasonable than Galaxy's price.

      Even the iPhone's display manufactured by Samsung Display, that's not the same as Galaxy's display. Because Apple uses customized materials.

      And there're many components has the same difference.

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        • 22 Apr 2022

        SizN80, 21 Apr 2022And yet Samsung with all its divisions and all of this that... moreBecause they sell low-end smartphones.

        Plus, I'd like to tell is this: a low-end smartphone price especially galaxy's price does not guarantee that's a reasonable price.

          Fun fact, 20 Apr 2022Well, at least you realized thats only profits from Samsung... moreAnd yet Samsung with all its divisions and all of this that you posted still doesn’t come close to being worth as much as Apple. Wow!😂

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            • 20 Apr 2022

            uknow, 20 Apr 2022Guess what the next thing apple will do is remove battery f... moreActually No. According to some YouTube bloggers who are looking forward to the next iPhone, they will remove the charging port in favor of wireless charging & cloud storage.

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              • 20 Apr 2022

              hmm, 20 Apr 2022Pretty much none of the reasons mentioned are valid. Most p... moreGuess what the next thing apple will do is remove battery from phone hahaha. You need to buy separate battery to save the environment. after removing charging port to force to wireless charging.

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                • 20 Apr 2022

                Anonymous, 19 Apr 2022Reasons people buy samsung: 1) Samsung brand 2) 4-5 years... moreNot really. I would say is about the availability. Samsung is on every provider sales for years and is hard to have all producers on sale.

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                  • 20 Apr 2022

                  Anonymous, 19 Apr 2022Why do people buy a branded shirt? doesn't a cheap shi... moreyes you are absolutely correct. But the fact that the person who buy expensive shirt , watches , bag is only a handfully. who is already rich and not sure where they get money from and want to show off.

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                    Anonymous, 19 Apr 2022Why ppl buy scamsung phone?it is an overpriced piece of shitPeople buy Samsung because they are not chinese. That's the main reason.

                      demands are lower because all people have their old smartphones still in good condition

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                        • 20 Apr 2022

                        rizki1, 20 Apr 2022Xiaomi = budget king Samsung = mid to flagship king Ap... moreVery true.

                          Xiaomi = budget king
                          Samsung = mid to flagship king
                          Apple = $300 phones but they sell it $1000 and it's american brand!

                          that's how it works.

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                            • 20 Apr 2022

                            SizN80, 20 Apr 2022You are right indeed, Apple iPhone revenue share was 44% of... moreu also sometimes get ads in apple's own apps

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                              SizN80, 20 Apr 2022You are right indeed, Apple iPhone revenue share was 44% of... moreWell, at least you realized thats only profits from Samsung mobile division.

                              Let alone samsung semiconductor business and other electronic devices unrelated to mobile division.

                              Fun fact. Samsung semiconductor business for the first time in history overtook Intel and becoming number one semiconductor manufacturer in terms of revenues and market share in 2021. For comparison, Qualcomm is rank 4th on the list and TSMC isn't even top 10 manufacturer.

                              https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-beats-intel-semiconductor-market-first-time-in-years/amp/

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                                hmm, 20 Apr 2022Pretty much none of the reasons mentioned are valid. Most p... moreAnd with that mentality your Chinese brands will never catch up.

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                                  Anonymous, 19 Apr 2022Reasons people buy samsung: 1) Samsung brand 2) 4-5 years... morePretty much none of the reasons mentioned are valid. Most people buy Samsung cause they have used the brand for over 10 years and have had no problems with them so they have trust and are used to there OS and dont want to learn other brand OS.

                                  Most of the market dont even care about updates and that isn't something there main goal for buying a phone. It's just plus that it gets updates and some dont even update there phone even tough there are updates available.

                                  The list of dumbness your talking about is only techies but even not them cause they switch there phones every year or tops 2 years. And a lot of clumsy people who drop there phones regularly so they need to switch to new cause there screen is broken. Also there are ways to get new phone when broke a screen when you have a contract that give warranty for broken screen or water damage and so on.

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                                    Anonymous, 19 Apr 2022I'm on over 3 years old iPhone XR and I think pretty m... moreI have Redmi note 5 ai dual cam for 4 years now and still working. Well for next phone i dont want bigger phone and there are no options for smaller phones in my budget. For my use and needs from a phone it makes no sense to spend over 250 euro for them. But my phone still works no problems so i dont see a need to buy new one

                                      Anonymous, 19 Apr 2022Apple : volume of units sold : 18% But revenue was pr... moreYou are right indeed, Apple iPhone revenue share was 44% of the smartphone industry in 2021 full year, Samsung were a distant 2nd at about 16% 🤣
                                      Android manufacturers are highly dependent on cheap devices selling at low margins, thats why Android manufacturers load ads on their custom UIs, they are trying to make up for the low margins they get from their cheap devices.

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                                        • 19 Apr 2022

                                        Anonymous, 19 Apr 2022Apple : volume of units sold : 18% But revenue was pr... moresure, tell us why?