Even the biggest names in smartphones are struggling with sagging global demand

With the first quarter of 2025 over, we’re now seeing reports about how the major brands in the smartphone market fared against each other globally. In addition to understanding how these brands stack up, we’re now also getting data about the state of the overall industry. It appears the smartphone market is still growing, but maybe not as much as analysts predicted. New data from Canalys states that smartphone shipments worldwide reached 296.9 million units in Q1 2025. As a result, the global smartphone market only saw a growth of 0.2%. According to the report, this is the third consecutive quarter that global smartphone market growth has slowed down. The top achievers this time around are the usual suspects, including Samsung in first place (60.5 million units), Apple in second place (55 million units), and Xioami securing third place (41.8 million units). Samsung was reportedly boosted by the launch of the Galaxy S25 series and its A-series phones. Meanwhile, Apple had success in ... Read full article.