The global market for smart mobile phones or ‘smartphones’ will fall between 3% and 3.5% in 2022 compared to 2021, due to the closures in China due to the coronavirus and the loss of consumer confidence due to uncertainty economy and rising inflation.
The latest forecasts published by Counterpoint and IDC indicate that global mobile shipments will drop this year after 2021 in which they experienced growth of 4%, according to the first consultant, and 5.7%, for the second.