Analysts say several factors have hit the smartphone market including the lack of new features that wow consumers, people holding their devices longer and the saturation of key markets including China, which had been driving growth. “The market has peaked, that is the bottom line,” said Bob O’Donnell, analyst and consultant with Technalysis Research. “It is for sure not the death of the smartphone; it is the death of the growth of the smartphone market.” The smartphone market began to hit saturation in 2016 much the way the tablet and personal computer markets did years earlier. “It doesn’t mean it is not a strong market — it is a huge market — but it means vendors have to think differently,” O’Donnell told AFP. Smartphone sellers with slices of the market should no longer count on a fast-growing pie and instead rely on shrewd competitive moves to ramp up revenues, according to analysts. Samsung remains the market leader, according to surveys, but its lead over Apple has slipped. China’s Huawei is holding the number three spot and rival Chinese maker Xiaomi has been growing rapidly despite the lack of a US presence. China focal point International Data Corporation said 2017 smartphone… Read full this story
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