According to the latest canalys, global smartphone shipments fell 11% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022 due to poor economic conditions and seasonally sluggish demand.
Among them, due to Samsung's improvements to its 2022 product portfolio, it successfully led the market with a share of 24%, up from 19% in the fourth quarter of 2021. Apple ranked second, benefiting from growing demand for the iPhone 13 series, with a solid first quarter.
Xiaomi ranks third with the outstanding performance of the Redmi Note series. OPPO (including OnePlus) and vivo are in the top five with 10% and 8% shares, respectively.
Nicole Peng, vice president of mobile business at Canalys, explained that in the first three months of the year, the global smartphone market was dragged down by an "unstable business environment."
He said the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty over the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, dynamic zeroing in China and the threat of inflation have all exacerbated the seasonal slowdown in demand for traditional copper.
Finally, Canalys notes, "Smartphone manufacturers must 'equip' their products to respond quickly to emerging opportunities and risks." meantime. There should also be greater focus on plans that are biased towards a long-term strategy. ”
It is worth mentioning that according to data previously released by Canalys, in the first quarter of 2022, in the first quarter of 2022, under the influence of major geopolitics and weak consumer demand, global desktop and laptop shipments fell by 3% throughout the year to only 80.1 million units.
However, the market is short of supply, computer prices continue to rise, and consumer demand for high-priced personal computers is also increasing, so the market revenue reached $70 billion.
In addition, notebook shipments shrank 6 percent year-over-year, selling only 63.2 million units, while desktop shipments rose 13 percent to 16.8 million units. While shipments declined due to external shocks, solid buying and use demand kept market revenue and long-term confidence high.
In the first quarter of this year, Lenovo still ranked first in the personal computer market, with shipments reaching 18.2 million units, down 10% year-on-year. HP ranked second, but saw the biggest decline among the top five manufacturers, with shipments down 18 percent to 15.8 million units.
Dell, in third place, saw solid growth of 6 percent, with shipments of 13.7 million units. Apple and Asus also rose aggressively, with shipments increasing by 8% and 24% respectively, ranking fourth and fifth. This is the first time since the third quarter of 2017 that ASUS has won a place in the ranking of the top five manufacturers.