How much has smartphone production been in 2022? While Apple reduced its production volume in China, Samsung had smiles. Here are the details.
The Covid-19 pandemic measures in China have the potential to deeply shake Apple’s smartphone production volume. On the Samsung side, faces are smiling for now. Samsung, which is less dependent on Chinese factories, outpaced Apple in the first quarter.
Samsung ranked first in smartphone production volume
The new report, shared by analytics company TrendForce, examined smartphone production. With the combination of different effects such as the Ukrainian-Russian war and the pandemic, smartphone volume shrank by 12.8 percent compared to the previous quarter to 310 million.
According to the results for the first quarter of 2022, Samsung is beginning to reap the fruits of its less trust in China. Samsung, which owns factories in Vietnam and India in addition to China, has sold 73.8 million smartphones.
According to the research, the fact that Samsung was the least affected in the first quarter is not only related to China. Both the fact that the Galaxy S22 series is a remarkable flagship and the successful supply of entry-mid-segment models to the end consumer have increased sales.
TrendForce calculated that Apple produced 60 million iPhones in the first quarter. This figure represents 11 percent growth compared to the same period last year. However, the tech giant has been particularly affected by its lockdowns in China, and it is thought that this could affect the supply of iPhone 14.
Behind Samsung and Apple in smartphone production, the Chinese giant Xiaomi appeared. It turns out that Xiaomi has sold 44.5 million smartphones, including Redmi, POCO and Black Shark models.
Still, let’s not forget that a major crisis awaits Samsung. Samsung, by far the largest smartphone maker in the Russian market, has halted all shipments to the country and suspended its services. What will happen after the Russian-Ukrainian war is unclear.
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