
Global shipment of smartphones drops by 7.8% as ‘Samsung beats Apple’
The global shipment of phones dropped by 7.8 percent year over year to 289.4 million units in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24), according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC), Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, released on April 15, 2024. This decline caused Apple to lag behind, while Samsung led the market. “As…