This decline is likely to continue for the next six to nine months

Falling demand is causing concern for the global smartphone market

A number of factors including geopolitical tensions in Ukraine have caused the slump, says Counterpoint Research

The two Chinese vendors want to become the third biggest smartphone vendors for market share in the UK

Growing consumer awareness of environmental issues will underpin a year of healthy growth for the refurbished and second-life sector

The top spot changed four times throughout 2021 and supply issues impacted all vendors.

The top five smartphone vendors remained the same as 2020 as all were affected by the supply shortage

Overall shipments increased by just one per cent due to supply chain issues and soaring COVID-19 cases.

Having hit top spot for the first time in Europe and second in the world for smartphone shipments in the second quarter, Xiaomi is paving the way for a steadier rise in the UK market after a more modest start

After LG confirmed the demise of its mobile division in early April, we gathered the industry’s thoughts

Counterpoint Research suggests increased competition

Samsung on top with the most shipments in Q1 with 77 million units

Korean giant quits mobile after more than 25 years

Korean vendor faces competition from Apple and Chinese challengers in H2

Samsung holds top spot in Europe but mounting problems for Huawei sees the vendor lose six per cent market share YoY for Q2

Samsung takes top spot as Xiaomi sees largest growth

Samsung and Huawei top list of most globals shipments according to Canalys

Apple, Samsung and Huawei capture 88 per cent of the premium smartphone market

Europe accounted for 14.5 per cent of total global smartphone sales in the first quarter of the year, as Chinese brands flourished in the region with sales up 39 per cent YoY 

Foldable smartphones to make up five per cent of total market by 2023 says Gartner 

Increasing competition expected to bring market consolidation 

The UK will receive the smartphones at a later date compared to the rest of Europe

Giving customers control is a key differentiator for STK to achieve its targets

It follows the completion of a £240 million deal signed by the Finnish company, HMD and Foxconn subsidiary FIH Mobile

New trio of Spark devices go on sale from next month. British manufacturer is targeting two million sales by next year, up from 250,000 in its first

Market analyst forecasts that sales will continue to grow year-on-year despite global slowdown

The best days of the smartphone are still ahead, says LG Mobile chief executive