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IDC: Smartphone Woes Continue with Worldwide Shipments Down 4.9% in 2018 Holiday Quarter

The likelihood of a declining market this year becomes more of a reality.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18), down 4.9% year over year and the fifth consecutive quarter of decline.   The challenging holiday quarter closes out the worst year ever for smartphone shipments, with global smartphone volumes declining 4.1% in 2018 with a total of 1.4 billion units shipped for the full year. With ...

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