Smartphone firms set to ship 52 million devices in Q3

Mumbai: Smartphone makers are likely to ship in 50-52 million devices in the July-September quarter despite a supply crunch, chipset shortages and logistical challenges, according to market trackers.

Backed by a surge in consumers upgrading their smartphones after a year plus of surviving the pandemic, the quarterly shipment numbers are set to cross the 47-49-million-unit mark in pre-Covid 2019.