Apple stole the worldwide smartphone manufacturing present in quarter 4 of 2023 with a staggering 58.6% manufacturing surge—due to the thrill round its iPhone 15 collection—cementing its lead with roughly 78.5 million items produced, in response to new information from TrendForce.
Nonetheless, regardless of main the pack, Apple skilled a 4.2% decline in annual manufacturing, dropping to 223 million items and securing second place, the analysis group notes.
TrendForce’s newest insights reveal a big rebound in international smartphone manufacturing, marking the tip of an eight-quarter stoop within the third quarter of 2023. In a strategic year-end surge, manufacturers amped up manufacturing to seize extra market share, propelling fourth quarter smartphone output up 12.1% to succeed in 337 million items. Regardless of this spectacular ultimate quarterly progress, 2023 rounded off with a slight 2.1% dip in annual manufacturing—totaling 1.166 billion items, says TrendForce.
