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Global smartphone shipments fell by 11% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022 due to sluggish demand, the technology analyst company Canalys claims, but with no numbers to back it up.

Global smartphone shipments have returned to positive growth in the final quarter of 2020, led by Apple, with its iPhone 12 helping the company to ship a record 395.9 million units and take top spot for the three-month period, according to technology research firm Counterpoint Research.

The smartphone market in China during the third quarter fell by 8% quarter-on-quarter and 15% on a year-on-year comparison, with 83 million units being shipped, the technology analyst firm Canalys says.

China maintained its position as the world's top smartphone market, with 369 million units in 2019. But this was a drop of 7% year-on-year, with 4G phone sales slowing while there was less demand than anticipated for 5G models.

The smartphone market in mainland China grew marginally in the third quarter, with shipments increasing to 97.8 million units from 97.6 million in the second quarter. Huawei extended its market lead by shipping 41.5 million smartphones, to take its market share to a record 42%.

About 800 million 5G-enabled smartphones are forecast to be shipped in 2023 by the technology analyst firm Canalys, accounting for 51.4% of all smartphone shipments by that time. Overall, in the five-year period, Canalys said it expected the compound annual growth rate to be 179.9%, with a total of 1.9 billion devices shipped to market by the end of 2023.

Smartphone shipments in 2019 are predicted to reach 1.35 billion units, a year-on-year fall of 3.1%, the research firm Canalys says, adding that this reflects a lowered forecast due to the increasing uncertainty that a trade deal will be reached by the US and China.

China dominated the global smart speaker market in the first quarter of 2019, with nearly 51% or 10.6 million units being shipped, following by the US which accounted for 24% of shipments or 5.0 million units, down from 44% in the final quarter of 2018, the analyst firm Canalys says.

More vendors are expected to come up with foldable smartphones in the wake of the release of the Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X, but the analyst firm Canalys does not expect more than two million devices to ship this year.