Global smartphone shipments have fallen by 16.8 percent due to worldwide lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus, reports analyst firm Omdia. IDC, another independent analyst firm, has said that this quarter's global decline in smartphone shipments is the biggest ever. US maker Motorola, in eighth place, saw shipments decline 35.4 per cent from 8.5 million units to 5.5 million units. This meant US consumer behaviour had remained unrestricted until then and that the country as a whole contributed less to the global decline. IDC's preliminary data put the global smartphone shipment decline as slightly lower than Omdia, at 11.7 per cent, but both had the same top three smartphone suppliers ranked by shipments.

Source: Daily Mail May 01, 2020 15:51 UTC