Smartphone market inches back to growth with Samsung holding lead
The smartphone market is showing signs of growth again, but barely, with shipments up nearly 1 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.
The research firm, which had reported a 3 percent drop in the market in the last quarter, said Wednesday that there are indications that the market had bottomed out in the first half of this year. Multiple new product launches from vendors including Samsung Electronics and Apple could create an improving growth outlook for the second half of the year.
Another research firm, Canalys, reported Tuesday that smartphone shipments had returned to modest growth in the second quarter after a disappointing first quarter.
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