Canalys analysts said that due to the shortage of key components, Apple could not produce enough iPhones to meet the needs of the global market, but even if it did not fully fire, with the existing sales of the iPhone 13 series, Apple still returned to the first place in the global smartphone market.
Canalys data shows that in the Q4 quarter of 2021, Apple's iPhone shipments accounted for 22% of the global smartphone market, returning to the first place; Samsung ranked second with 20%; Xiaomi, OPPO (including OnePlus), Vivo and other three domestic manufacturers accounted for 12%, 9%, and 8% respectively, ranking third, fourth and fifth.
Undoubtedly, the biggest contributor to Apple's re-victory is the iPhone 13 series. Although the "thirteen incense" that people shouted before the release was quite ridiculous, it was really thirteen incense. Take me personally as an example, as a die-hard Android fan for many years, I also replaced the iPhone13 Pro at the end of 2021 and became a member of the iOS camp again, as for the specific reasons, I believe it is basically the same as the vast majority of people.
iPhone13 Pro: high brush and long battery life, the only file on the market
Although the "high refresh rate" has long been popular among Android phones, when Apple first unveiled the feature on the iPhone 13 Pro series, its difference surprised everyone. With the closed and unified iOS application ecology and system mechanism, the high refresh rate on the iPhone completely exerts the "LTPO adaptive refresh" feature to the fullest, and ProMotion technology will adapt the refresh rate according to the speed of finger movement.
Entering the new 2022, domestic Android manufacturers are advocating LTPO2.0, which is infinitely close to the adaptive high-brush adjustment similar to Apple's ProMotion, but the effect is not satisfactory, which is also due to the legacy of the chaos and openness of Android third-party applications.
The iPhone13 Pro series benefits from excellent adaptive refresh rate adjustments, which has changed the perception of "high brush power consumption" in the past. Among them, the iPhone13 Pro Max has become the smartphone with the longest battery life, and even the iPhone 13 Pro has at least 1 hour more battery life than all Android phones on the market.
Of course, behind the ultra-power saving on the one hand is the credit of high brush, on the other hand, the powerful A15 chip. The A15 chip, built on TSMC's 5nm improved process, has FAR more CPU performance than Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 platform, as well as the strongest GPU performance in its class. What's even more frightening is that it consumes far less power than any competitor, and it is both cold and powerful in the iPhone 13 Pro series.
In fact, in the past two years, Apple's self-developed A-series chips and M-series chips have been at least two to three years ahead of the industry. Finished products on the market at the same time, their performance and power consumption are at least one generation ahead of the competition.
The collective fall of the Android camp: heat and poor performance.
Although the A15 chip is very strong, there are many shortcomings in today's iOS systems, even extremely anti-human design and operation. So before that, many users, including me, had a hard time accepting the iPhone as the only workhorse.
Until the emergence of the Snapdragon 888 Android flagship machine last year, the fever has become an indisputable fact throughout the year, and almost all Android mobile phone manufacturers have collectively fallen, and no one or one model can stay out of the matter.
Under Qualcomm's "assist", the iPhone13 Pro series with the A15 chip support even if there are some small problems and flaws, they have all endured. Moreover, seeing that next year's new Snapdragon 8 platform is not much better than the Snapdragon 888, the iPhone is basically the only choice for users to pursue stability.
Finally, as to why I recommend the less-selling iPhone 13 Pro over the most sold iPhone 13 Pro Max in big data? The reason is that the latter fuselage is larger and heavier, and it is easy to bring pressure to users in daily use. The iPhone 13 Pro is just the right size, and the 6.1-inch screen is enough, which is more convenient to use.