The final quarter of 2022 was not such a great one for the smartphone industry. Research firm Canalys released a report today revealing that smartphone deliveries declined by 17% to less than 1.2 million units for the three months from October through December 2022. Apple was on top and had its highest quarterly market share ever at 25% even though it suffered from production shortfalls when employees at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory left to avoid a COVID crackdown. During the 2021 fourth quarter, Apple had a 23% share of global smartphone shipments.
