Chip Shortages Drove Q3 Smartphone Sales 6.8% Lower: Gartner
Global smartphone sales to end users declined 6.8% year over year in Q3 to 342.3 million handsets, reported Gartner Tuesday. “Component shortages disrupted production schedules, leading to lower inventory and delayed product availability, which eventually impacted sales to end-users,” said…
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Gartner. Samsung maintained top global share at 20.2%, but Apple stormed into second place past Xiaomi via its nearly 20% increase in units to 48.46 million iPhones.