The data displays global smartphone shipments from the fourth quarter of 2009 to the second quarter of 2018. In the first quarter of 2018, Samsung shipped 78.2 million smartphones. In 2017, smartphone shipments totaled 1.47 billion units worldwide.
Global smartphone shipments by vendor - additional information In the first quarter of 2017, Samsung was the leading smartphone vendor in the world based on shipments, with over 79 million units shipped globally. Overall Samsung held a 22.8% share of the smartphone market in the first quarter of 2017.
Q4 '09 | 1.8 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 2.4 | 20.8 | 9.5 | ||||||||
Q1 '10 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 21.5 | 9.5 | ||||||||
Q2 '10 | 3.6 | 8.4 | 11.2 | 4.4 | 24 | 12.8 | ||||||||
Q3 '10 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 5.9 | 26.5 | 16.6 | ||||||||
Q4 '10 | 9.6 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 8.7 | 28.1 | 24.8 | ||||||||
Q1 '11 | 11.5 | 18.6 | 13.8 | 9 | 24.2 | 24.5 | ||||||||
Q2 '11 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 2 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 16.7 | 26.8 | |||||||
Q3 '11 | 28.1 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 16.8 | 33.1 | |||||||
Q4 '11 | 36.2 | 37 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 13 | 10.2 | 19.6 | 26.4 | |||||
Q1 '12 | 44 | 35.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 11.9 | 29 | |||||
Q2 '12 | 50.3 | 26 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 43.8 | ||||||
Q3 '12 | 56.3 | 26.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 67.7 | |||||||
Q4 '12 | 63.7 | 47.8 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 79.6 | |||||||
Q1 '13 | 69.7 | 37.4 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 6.1 | 72.8 | ||||||
Q2 '13 | 77.3 | 31.2 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 93.4 | ||||||
Q3 '13 | 85 | 33.8 | 12.5 | 5.6 | 12 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 106.6 | ||||||
Q4 '13 | 84.4 | 51 | 16.6 | 5.9 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 107.7 | |||||||
Q1 '14 | 88.5 | 43.7 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 117.8 | ||||||||
Q2 '14 | 74.9 | 35.2 | 20.2 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 127.7 | |||||||
Q3 '14 | 79.6 | 39.3 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 146.2 | |||||||
Q4 '14 | 75.1 | 74.5 | 23.6 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 174 | ||||||||
Q1 '15 | 82.4 | 61.2 | 17.4 | 7.3 | 15.4 | 18.8 | 6.4 | 125.5 | ||||||
Q2 '15 | 73 | 47.5 | 29.6 | 17.9 | 9.6 | 16.2 | 9.1 | 133.3 | ||||||
Q3 '15 | 83.8 | 48 | 27.3 | 18.3 | 11.4 | 18.8 | 10.5 | 141.1 | ||||||
Q4 '15 | 81.7 | 74.8 | 32.7 | 18.2 | 14.4 | 20.2 | 12.1 | 146.6 | ||||||
Q1 '16 | 79.2 | 51.2 | 28.1 | 19.7 | 14.6 | 139.4 | ||||||||
Q2 '16 | 77 | 40.4 | 32.1 | 22.6 | 16.4 | 154.8 | ||||||||
Q3 '16 | 76.1 | 45.5 | 33.7 | 13.6 | 25.8 | 21.2 | 147.5 | |||||||
Q4 '16 | 77.5 | 78.3 | 45.4 | 14.3 | 31.6 | 24.7 | 158.9 | |||||||
Q1 '17 | 80.1 | 50.8 | 34.5 | 14.8 | 25.8 | 18.1 | 120.3 | |||||||
Q2' 17 | 79.8 | 41 | 38.5 | 21.4 | 28 | 139.5 | ||||||||
Q3 '17 | 83.3 | 46.7 | 39.1 | 27.6 | 30.7 | 145.7 | ||||||||
Q4 '17 | 74.1 | 77.3 | 41 | 28.1 | 27.4 | 151.3 | ||||||||
Q1 '18 | 78.2 | 52.2 | 39.3 | 28 | 23.9 | 112.7 | ||||||||
Q2 '18 | 71.5 | 41.3 | 54.2 | 31.9 | 29.4 | 113.7 |