Apple is back on top, having shipped the most smartphones out of any maker in Q4 last year.
In fact, analysts from Canalys called iPhone shipments in Mainland China “unprecedented”.
Samsung, which held the top spot in Q1, Q2 and Q3, dropped to second place, but it is closer to Apple than in was in the final quarter of 2020.
However, in Q4 2020 Apple and Samsung controlled 23% and 17% of the market, respectively, in Q4 2021 the numbers were 22% and 20%.
The supply chain issues hampered market growth, so the quarterly shipments for Q4 last year were just 1% higher than the same period in 2020.