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IDC: Smartphone Shipments Expected to Drop for 3rd Consecutive Year in 2019

Smartphone shipments are forecast to reach 1.54 billion units in 2023, per the research.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the smartphone market continues to be challenged and 2019 is projected to experience its third consecutive year of declining shipments.    Worldwide smartphone volumes are forecast to fall by 0.8% in 2019 with volumes dipping to 1.39 billion.    However, the smartphone market will begin to pick up momentum this year with year-over-year growth of 2.3% expected in the second half of the year. Ov...

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