According to the global smartphone shipment data of 3q21 released by IDC, the global smartphone shipment of 3q21 was 334 million, a year-on-year decrease of 6% and a month on month increase of 7%. In the first three quarters of 2021, the year-on-year growth rate of global smartphone quarterly shipments showed a pattern of high before low (1q21 increased by 25% year-on-year and 2q21 decreased by 13% year-on-year).
3q21 China shipped 80.756 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 5%; China is the single country with the largest smartphone volume in the world (accounting for about 25% of the world); therefore, the weakening demand in China is also one of the important reasons for the weakening of the global smartphone market.
3q21 the year-on-year changes in smartphone shipments in India, other Asian countries (except China and India), EMEA, North America and Latin America were - 12%, - 6%, - 6%, 1% and - 5% respectively
