It is predicted that sales of Smartphones will decrease slightly this year compared to last year.
Global smartphone sales are to reach around 1.5 billion units this year, down 2.5 percent from a year earlier, according to Gartner.
The biggest declines are in Japan, Western Europe and North America. Japan records 32 million units sales. While Western Europe 140 million units and North America 170 million units. All to fall 6.5 percent, 5.3 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively.
“The average selling price of products is high and there is no new features or experience to induce users to upgrade,” said a senior researcher at Gartner. She added that the is recent slowdown in the average sales price growth of high-priced smartphone. It caused manufacturers that rely mostly on smartphone continue to suffer.
Therefore Gartner expects overall smartphone sales to decline in the second half of this year and the trend will continue in the first half of 2020. While sales of 5G Smartphones will surpass 15 million this year. This is only less than 1 percent of all sales of smartphones.
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No worries, the 5G tech would rise smartphone sales again in 2020
However, Gartner analysts expect smartphone sales to rise again in 2020. Due to 5G service package promotions by global telecom operators. It also predicts the release of Apple’s first 5G iPhone in 2020 will prompt iPhone users to upgrade their handsets.
“As Smartphone replacement cycles are getting longer and Huawei is having difficulty utilizing technologies from U.S. businesses, there is a decrease in demands for Smartphones during first half of this year.” Vice-President Annette Zimmerman of Gartner Research.
Major smartphone makers began selling 5G phones, including LG V50 ThinkQ, Oppo Lino 5G and Samsung Galaxy S10 5G. While telecom operators began offering 5G service packages at unconventional prices. But sales of 5G smartphones in 2019 will be minimal, he said. Adding that sales are to rise from the second half of 2020 when the scope and availability of 5G hardware services have improved.
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