(Telecompaper) Global smartphone shipments totalled 341 million units in the second quarter of 2019, down 3 percent from the same period a year earlier, as higher sales at number one and two manufacturers Samsung and Huawei were offset by lower shipments from Apple and certain smaller brands. Enhanced demand in major markets such as China is set to help stabilise worldwide shipments in the second half of the year, according to research from Strategy Analytics.