Counterpoint reported in the fourth quarter of last year that Apple overtook Samsung to become the world's largest mobile phone maker by shipments.

CTOnews.com, March 22 (Xinhua)-- Market research firm Counter Point today released its smartphone | Mobile Market report for the fourth quarter of 2022, saying that global smartphone shipments in the quarter were 3.0264 billion units, down 19% from a year earlier.

The main information of the attached report of CTOnews.com is as follows

The global smartphone market shipped 3.0264 billion units in the fourth quarter of 2022, down 19% from a year earlier.

Relying on the popularity of the iPhone 14 series, Apple overtook Samsung to top the list of global mobile phone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Samsung shipped 58.3 million units in the quarter, down 16% from a year earlier and 9% month-on-month.

In the top five rankings, only Apple and OPPO achieved month-on-month growth, with shipments up 42% and 4%, respectively.

Global smartphone shipments reached 1.2 billion units in 2022, down 12% from a year earlier and the lowest since 2013.