China experienced the first-ever downturn in its smartphone market in the second quarter of 2015, and it was enough to drag global sales to a two-year low, Gartner Research said Thursday. The rest of the Asia Pacific smartphone market saw substantial growth in the quarter. iOS snatched a tad of market share — about 2.4 percent — from the other mobile operating systems, and Samsung shared more of its handset stake with its rivals, according to the report. China’s smartphone sales fell by about 4 percent in the quarter, year over year.
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Smartphone Sales Sag in China
Posted by: Quinten Plummer August 21, 2015 11:17 AMChina experienced the first-ever downturn in its smartphone market in the second quarter of 2015, and it was enough to drag global sales to a two-year low, Gartner Research said Thursday. The rest of the Asia Pacific smartphone market saw substantial growth in the quarter. iOS snatched a tad of market share — about 2.4 percent — from the other mobile operating systems, and Samsung shared more of its handset stake with its rivals, according to the report. China’s smartphone sales fell by about 4 percent in the quarter, year over year.