The IDC Smartphone Tracker has officially shared the Q4 2022 global smartphone shipments report. In the fourth quarter of 2022, a total of 300.3 million smartphones (18.3% year-over-year fall) were shipped and this count is the lowest since 2013 and a total of 1.21 billion smartphones were shipped in 2022 compared to 1.36 billion in 2021.
“We have never seen shipments in the holiday quarter come in lower than the previous quarter. However, weakened demand and high inventory caused vendors to cut back drastically on shipments,” said Nabila Popal, research director at IDC.
In the list, Apple is listed in the top position and it shipped 72.3 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, down 14.9% year on year, IDC said. Apple had a 24.1% market share.
In the second position, Samsung shipments decline 15.6% year on year to 58.2 million units. Samsung did not release a brand new flagship smartphone for the fourth quarter but the company is ready to launch the Galaxy S23 Series on Feb. 1.
Chinese electronics maker Xiaomi, which came in third, shipped 33.2 million units in the fourth quarter of the year, down 26.3% year on year.
“With 2022 declining more than 11% for the year, 2023 is set up to be a year of caution as vendors will rethink their portfolio of devices while channels will think twice before taking on excess inventory,” said Anthony Scarsella, research director at IDC.
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