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Apple has reported revenue of US$90.8 billion (A$137.34 billion) for its fiscal 2024 second quarter which ended on 30 March, down 4% year-on-year.

After 13 quarters, smartphone vendor Huawei has returned to the top of the list for the mainland China market, shipping 11.7 million units in the first three months of 2024 and capturing a 17% market share, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, attributing this to the performance of its Mate and nova series.

India's smartphone market, the second biggest in the world after China, has reached 35.3 million units, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this was because vendors entered the year with "an improved inventory situation, which allowed channels to embrace multiple new offerings launched during the quarter".

iPhone sales in China, the world's biggest smartphone market, fell 19.1% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.

Apple has grabbed the top spot in global smartphone shipments for 2023, the first time it has done so and also the first time that a company other than Samsung has taken that position since 2010, the technology analyst firms Canalys and IDC report.

As part of the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, Brazilian telecom and mobile operators Claro, TIM, and Vivo have announced the launch of three network application programmable interfaces (API) services focused on improving digital security—number verify, SIM swap, and device location.

The global smartphone market cooled further in the third quarter of 2023, with technology analyst firm Canalys saying it had undergone a fall of 1% year-on-year.

Smartphone shipments to India were more or less stable in the second quarter of 2023, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that the country experienced a modest decline of 1% year-on-year, with 36.1 million units shipped.

Global shipments of smartphones have fallen again in the second quarter, with the technology analyst firm Canalys saying the decline was 11% year-on-year, but providing no numbers. This was the sixth consecutive quarter of decreasing shipments.

ANALYSIS One of the factors that the company behind realme smartphones relies on to sell its wares is price, with a surprising number of features offered for this amount.

Global smartphone shipments fell for a fifth straight quarter in the first three months of 2023, but by 12%, a much better showing than in the final quarter of 2022, the technology analyst firm Canalys says.

The US is thinking of cutting off Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies from accessing any American components, including those from Intel and Qualcomm, a report claims.

Semiconductor company Qualcomm has launched the Qualcomm 3D Sonic Max, what it calls “the world’s largest ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor for smartphones.”

Global smartphone shipments fell below the 1.2-billion unit mark in 2022, with the 11% year-on-year drop marking a low point for the industry, according to the technology analyst firm Canalys.

Smartphone shipments in China during the third quarter of 2022 increased marginally over the previous three months but, at 70.0 million units, represented a 11% year-on-year fall.

Nearly half of the smartphone users in India say they are planning to buy new devices, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research claims, adding that these findings come as the country gets set to build its first 5G network.

Smartphone shipments in the third quarter of 2022 fell for the third consecutive time this year, with a 9% decrease year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this made it the worst third quarter since 2014.

A chip start-up known as Pengxinwei IC Manufacturing based in Shenzhen is allegedly aiming to help Huawei Technologies get around American sanctions that have crippled its smartphone business, the Bloomberg news agency claims.

With the vivo Y55 5G, the Chinese firm can now claim that it sells the cheapest 5G device in Australia; it is priced at $299.

Shipments of foldable smartphones have been predicted to grow by 73% year-on-year in 2022, with the forecast from tech analyst firm Counterpoint Research rather coincidentally coming on the same day that Samsung launched its latest foldable devices in New York.