{"id":775,"date":"2023-08-15T20:31:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casinosenligne.com\/en\/?p=775"},"modified":"2023-08-15T20:31:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:31:38","slug":"global-smartphone-shipments-dropped-by-11-year-over-year-to-534m-units-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casinosenligne.com\/en\/news\/global-smartphone-shipments-dropped-by-11-year-over-year-to-534m-units-in-h1\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Smartphone Shipments Dropped by 11% Year-over-Year to 534M Units in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reaching record sales figures at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global demand for smartphones has been continuously falling for the past two years. However, the first half of 2023 saw the biggest shipments drop in years. With inflation crumbling consumer purchasing power and cutting spending budgets, global smartphone shipments dropped below 2019 levels.<\/p>\n

According to data presented by CasinosEnLigne.com<\/a>, global smartphone shipments dropped by 11% year-over-year to 534 million units in the first half of the year.<\/p>\n

67M Less Smartphones Shipped in H1 <\/strong><\/h3>\n

According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the global smartphone market saw four straight quarters of shipments decline, resulting in the lowest number of shipments in years.<\/p>\n

Statistics show global smartphone shipments hit 644 million units in the first half of 2019. After falling to 552.4 million in H1 2020, this figure surged to nearly 659 million in the first half of 2021. But it was downhill from there. After a huge technology refresh of PCs and mobile phones in 2021 due to remote work and education amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the chaotic supply and skyrocketing inflation have cut global smartphone shipments by almost 20%.<\/p>\n