Smartphone sales growth will drop to single digits in 2016, says Gartner

{rss:content:encoded} Smartphone sales growth will drop to single digits in 2016, says Gartner http://ift.tt/1tdZyS0 http://ift.tt/1XiF0CS June 07, 2016 at 10:32AM  Analyst Gartner is expecting a big drop in smartphone sales growth, projecting the market will shrink from 14.4 per cent growth in 2015 to just 7 per cent in 2016 — with only 1.5 billion smartphone units being shipped globally this year. The high watermark for smartphone sales was back in 2010, when Gartner notes the market grew 73 per cent. The signs of a slowdown in the global… Read More