SAN FRANCISCO - After a decade of sizzling growth, the smartphone market has suddenly cooled. "It is for sure not the death of the smartphone; it is the death of the growth of the smartphone market." The smartphone market began to hit saturation in 2016 much the way the tablet and personal computer markets did years earlier. The "biggest driver" of the downturn last year was said by IDC and others to be the China market. Handsets powered by Google-backed Android mobile were expected to continue to dominate the smartphone market, with a share of about 85 percent remaining relatively stable during the coming five years.

Source: Bangkok Post June 03, 2018 01:52 UTC