Samsung slumps 25 per cent and iPhone 14 sales fail to ignite

Economic climate, geopolitical uncertainty, recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and chip shortages have contributed to a slower European recovery

Falling demand is causing concern for the global smartphone market

The impact of the Ukrainian and Russian conflict had a significant impact, according to Canalys

The industry is still battling to hit the pre-pandemic levels

A number of factors have been blamed for the dip in sales, including the Ukraine-Russia fallout

Xiaomi and Apple increase market share during Q3 2021 to pressure Samsung 

Samsung still leads the way overall with 23pc share, followed by Apple (15pc)

Smartphone becomes the world’s number two vendor according to Canalys

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

With recovery expected next year as component shortages ease 

Samsung shipped the most smartphones during 2020, as overall market dropped seven per cent YoY

iPhone sales accounted for 34 per cent of the total global smartphone revenue for Q2 2020

Strong performance in China while other key markets faced covid disruption has helped Huawei claim top spot for Q2

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

Drop was less than expected amid the coronavirus lockdown 

Downturn set to continue as virus moves through Europe and America

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 

Canalys reported Q1 2018 shipments was down across Western Europe overshadowing growth in emerging Eastern Europe

According to new research from Counterpoint the sector is the fastest growing in the industry

IDC’s forecast claims this will increase from 1.47 billion to 1.7 billion units shipped