For the first time since 2016, the first spot in smartphone sales was secured by Apple. Worldwide sales of smartphones witnessed a dip of 5% in Q4 of 2020. Apple boasted a huge 20.8% of the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter as it beat the usual battlers for the first spot, Samsung and Huawei. Xiaomi has secured the third spot in the list as Huawei has continued to drop down.