While the global smartphone shipments decreased drastically during early 2020 due to the Coronavirus-led pandemic, the smartphone market slowly gained pace again over the past year. Now, as per a report from IDC (International Data Corporation), the global smartphone shipments grew by over 25% during the first quarter of 2021. The total number of smartphones shipped by all vendors during the quarter amounts to around 346 million units.
Moreover, as the market recovered from the demand, supply, and manufacturing issues caused by the ongoing pandemic, it shook the competitive scene a bit. For starters, Huawei is now finally out of the Top 5 manufacturers in the global smartphone shipment chart (image below) due to its controversies with the US Government.
This paved the way for other smartphone manufacturers, mainly the Chinese brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo to climb up the chart. The said companies grew 14.1%, 10.8%, and 10.1% respectively to acquire the 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions in the global smartphone shipments chart.
