If you’re buying a smartphone for someone this Christmas, it won’t just be the recipient who’s thankful — but likely the entire industry. That’s because growth in smartphone sales actually slowed this year, market research firm IDC reports, and is expected to shrink even further in the years to come.
In a forecast released earlier in December, IDC said worldwide shipments of smartphones grew by 9.8 per cent in 2015. That’s the first time since IDC started tracking smartphone sales that growth has been in the single digits. By way of comparison, IDC says global smartphone sales grew by 28 per cent in 2014.
JASON OSLER – CBC News – December 16, 2015.
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