Apple’s unprecedented shipping problems are expected to prevent the latest iPhone from taking the top spot in its market as usual in the final quarter of the year. However, according to Canalys’ latest report on the global smartphone sector, the 13 series succeeded after all.
By the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, the Cupertino giant was found to have the largest share of the market at 22%. That’s down 1% from last year, although that may be normal after a tumultuous year. The overall market did shrink in the final quarter of 2021, albeit only by 1%.
Canalys noted that the smartphone industry is affected by current supply chain issues; however, it observes that smaller suppliers are more vulnerable than larger ones. Therefore, after the fourth quarter of 2020, the remaining brands in the top 5 are still in the space.
They are Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO and Vivo in that order, although this is the first year that OnePlus’ shipments are counted alongside OPPO’s. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2020, the market share of these companies remained largely unchanged, with the exception of Samsung, which increased 3% year-on-year.
Canalys now says these trends are likely to continue into the near future, as it sees component “bottlenecks” continuing into the second half of 2022.
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