Samsung led shipments

Samsung led shipments and according to industry analyst IDC, companies delivered 1.35 billion smartphones in 2021, up 5.7 percent from the previous year. However, due to supply chain challenges. Fewer phones were supplied in the fourth quarter of 2021 than in the fourth quarter of the previous year.In the second half of the year. Supply chain and component shortages began to have a substantial influence on the smartphone industry. And this continues to be the case as we into 2022,” said Ryan Reith, an IDC vice president of mobile device research global