Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 362.9 million smartphones worldwide in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16). According to IDC, smartphone volumes were up 1.0% compared to 3Q15 when vendors shipped 359.3 million units. Smartphone shipments grew 5.3% from 344.7 million in the second quarter of 2016. IDC notes the totals for Samsung exclude Galaxy Note … Continue reading "Worldwide smartphone shipments increase 1% YoY in Q3 2016: IDC"