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COVID-19 Fallout to Send 2020 Smartphone Shipments Down 11.9%, Says IDC

Global smartphone shipments are expected to decline 11.9% this year to 1.2 billion, reported IDC Wednesday. It follows the largest year-over-year Q1 decline in the product's history, it said. “Smartphone shipments are now expected to decline 18.2% in 2020's first…

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half of the year as the macroeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect consumer spending.” IDC doesn’t expect the global market to return to unit growth until after Q1 2021.