On Tuesday April 18, local time, the latest market report released by market research firm Canalys on its official website showed that in the first quarter of this year, the global smartphone market fell by 12% year-on-year, and Samsung surpassed Apple with a slight advantage to return to the first place in the market share.

Data show that in the first quarter as a whole, global smartphone shipments fell by 12% year-on-year, the fifth consecutive quarter of year-on-year decline.