Apple proceed to flourish amid the gloom of a worldwide pandemic and supply - chain difficulty , with Tim Cook today have another piece of good news .
accord to a new report from the psychoanalyst firmCanalys , Apple shipped more smartphones than any other marketer in the fourth quarter of 2021 . That represent an melioration of one placefrom Q3 , when Apple came second and Samsung was top .
Xiaomi conserve third position .
In explaining Apple ’s ascendancy , Canalys abduce the great succeeder of and out of the blue eminent demand for the four good example in theiPhone 13family , particularly in China .
“ Apple is back at the top of the smartphone food market after three quarters , drive by a stellar carrying into action from the iPhone 13 , ” aver analyst Sanyam Chaurasia . “ Apple saw unprecedented iPhone carrying out in Mainland China , with aggressive pricing for its flagship twist keeping the note value proposal strong . ”
This is despite the fact that the global check shortfall get problem for Apple as well as for all the other vendors , withwidespread delaysand lack of Malcolm stock seen in the all important pre - Christmas purchasing menses . It seems that , while Apple was gain by the shortage , other , and particularly smaller , marketer may have been pip even worsened .
Canalys give its figures in terms of market place percentage ( based on payload ) only . We do not get to hump exactly how many phones were sell .
Smartphone lading , Q4 2021 ( market share in wall bracket ):
Other manufacturing business had a combined share of 29 % .
This article in the beginning appear onMacworld Sweden . Translation ( usingDeepL ) and extra reportage by David Price .
