Our Q1-2016 Market Monitor report has been published. We update one infographic in each quarter to summarize handset and smartphone market activities in a single page.

The report tracks top vendor shipments every quarter across regions and countries which contribute to almost 90% of the total global smartphone volumes and much more at country level.

Some overview of the global mobile phone market is:

• Global mobile phone shipment declined by 4% YoY.
• Three in four smartphones shipped globally was a LTE capable phone during the quarter.
• Samsung maintained its leads, still No.1 handset brand followed by Apple, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo.
• More than Six in Ten mobile shipped globally came from Top 10 mobile phone brands.
• APAC and MEA were the only two regions registering positive YoY growth during Q1 2016
• Global smartphone shipments contribute to 78% of the total mobile phone shipments.

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