Source: Global Network
[ Global Network Technology Comprehensive Report] According to news on July 1, Counterpoint Research disclosed a report that in May 2022, the global smartphone market sales were 96 million units. This is the highest number of global smartphones in the past 8 years. Monthly sales fell below 100 million units for the second time. According to
data, in May 2022, global smartphone market sales fell by 4% month-on-month and 10% year-on-year. This means that global smartphone market sales have experienced two consecutive months of month-on-month declines and 11 consecutive months of year-on-year declines. Tarun Pathak, research director of
, believes that inflationary pressure has led to pessimistic consumer sentiment around the world, and people are delaying the purchase of non-essential goods, which also includes smartphones.
Counterpoint Research added that low demand (for smartphones) will also lead to inventory accumulation, reduced shipments, and reduced orders from smartphone manufacturers. Counterpoint expects that the negative impact will continue throughout the summer, but as the balance of supply and demand in the technology supply chain continues to improve and the macro economy improves, the situation will gradually improve in the second half of the year.
According to data previously disclosed by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology , in May, mobile phone shipments in the domestic market were 20.805 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 9.4%. Among them, 5G mobile phones were 17.739 million units, a year-on-year increase of 6%, accounting for 85.3% of mobile phone shipments in the same period; smartphone shipments were 20.559 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 9.1%, accounting for 98.8% of mobile phone shipments in the same period.
