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"Smartphone sales will drop 2.5% worldwide by the end of 2019, according to research firm Gartner. In North America, the drop is 4.4% from 2018 levels" I don't
by blakesterz 7y ago
"Smartphone sales will drop 2.5% worldwide by the end of 2019, according to research firm Gartner. In North America, the drop is 4.4% from 2018 levels"
I don't know what the actual definition of "freefall" is, but I was surprised to see the actual numbers were low single digits.
- jandrese 7y agoIt's a bigger delta from the 50% or so growth year over year that they were seeing just 5 or 6 years ago. Again people see exponential growth and they extrapolate it out forever for unlimited profits but then get disappointed when the actual growth is an S curve.
- nabla9 7y agoNorvig's Law: Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
- jandrese 7y agoWell, it could double again if it crashed first. If your growth is purely unidirectional that seems rather obvious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfcTcSbGMmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfcTcSbGMmo
- david-gpu 7y agoIt can't double its market share, but the market itself can grow, and that translates to the bottom line as well.