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IDC: Smartphone Shipments Decline 2.3% Year Over Year in 2Q 2019

Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 333.2 million phones in 2Q19, which was up 6.5% over the previous quarter.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Worldwide smartphones shipments declined 2.3% year over year in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) for the strongest quarterly performance since 2Q18, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 333.2 million phones in 2Q19, which was up 6.5% over the previous quarter.   Challenges were seen across many markets with China and the US experiencing the sharpest quarterly declines. Howeve...

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