Worldwide smartphone volumes flat in Q2

Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 343.3 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter of 2016 showing a 0.3 percent growth vis-a-vis Q2 2015 according to IDC preliminary result.

The market did show greater sequential growth as shipments were up 3.1 percent from 333.1 million in the first quarter of 2016.

“We continue to see a number of changing dynamics in the smartphone market and many vendors are readjusting their business strategy and portfolio to take advantage of these market movements,” said Ryan Reith, program vice president with IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Device Trackers...Read More