The finding shows shipment volume of the global mobile phone industry reached about 556 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 13.3% sequentially and 2.9% year-on-year. Of mobile phones shipped in the fourth quarter of 2016, 435.9 million units of which were from smartphones, which witnessed steadfast growth, up 17.6% sequentially and 8.2% year-on-year. Bolstered by strong growth of Chinese brands Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo, global smartphone shipment volume, shipment volume of the global smartphone industry scored 1.499 billion units in 2016, up 4.1% year-on-year.