Smartphone production volume falls 12.8% to 310 million in Q1 due to amplified off-season effect

The multiplicative effect of the traditional off-season further weakened smartphone production performance in first-quarter 2022, with global output only reaching 310 million units, down 12.8% quarter-on-quarter, according to market research firm TrendForce. Compared with the same period last year, the strategic planning adopted by smartphone brands in response to Huawei’s market share collapse is quite different, with annual decline in production as high as 10.1%...